PFE - 9/30/2012 - 10Q
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

X   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to _______

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-3619

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PFIZER INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
DELAWARE
(State of Incorporation)
13-5315170
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
235 East 42nd Street, New York, New York  10017
(Address of principal executive offices)  (zip code)
(212) 733-2323
(Registrant’s telephone number)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES   X 
NO ___
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
YES   X 
NO ___
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

Large Accelerated filer  X                 Accelerated filer  ___                  Non-accelerated filer  ___             Smaller reporting company  ___

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES ____
NO   X 

At November 5, 2012, 7,362,573,528 shares of the issuer’s voting common stock were outstanding.


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FORM 10-Q
 
For the Quarterly Period Ended
September 30, 2012
 
Table of Contents
Page
   
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011
 
 
   
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

PFIZER INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER COMMON SHARE DATA)
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Revenues
$
13,976

 
$
16,609

 
$
43,918

 
$
49,118

Costs and expenses:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of sales(a)
2,665

 
3,409

 
8,162

 
10,449

Selling, informational and administrative expenses(a)
3,847

 
4,457

 
11,801

 
13,635

Research and development expenses(a)
1,981

 
2,176

 
5,734

 
6,487

Amortization of intangible assets
1,228

 
1,389

 
3,939

 
4,138

Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs
302

 
1,090

 
1,089

 
2,458

Other deductions––net
962

 
547

 
3,283

 
1,802

Income from continuing operations before provision for taxes on income
2,991

 
3,541

 
9,910

 
10,149

Provision/(benefit) for taxes on income
(119
)
 
1,216

 
1,882

 
3,167

Income from continuing operations
3,110

 
2,325

 
8,028

 
6,982

Discontinued operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from discontinued operations––net of tax
104

 
96

 
249

 
303

Gain on sale of discontinued operations––net of tax

 
1,328

 

 
1,316

Discontinued operations––net of tax
104

 
1,424

 
249

 
1,619

Net income before allocation to noncontrolling interests
3,214

 
3,749

 
8,277

 
8,601

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
6

 
11

 
22

 
31

Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc.
$
3,208

 
$
3,738

 
$
8,255

 
$
8,570

Earnings per common share––basic:(b)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
$
0.42

 
$
0.30

 
$
1.07

 
$
0.88

Discontinued operations––net of tax
0.01

 
0.18

 
0.03

 
0.21

Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
$
0.43

 
$
0.48

 
$
1.10

 
$
1.09

Earnings per common share––diluted:(b)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
$
0.41


$
0.30

 
$
1.06

 
$
0.88

Discontinued operations––net of tax
0.01

 
0.18

 
0.03

 
0.20

Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
$
0.43

 
$
0.48

 
$
1.09

 
$
1.08

Weighted-average shares––Basic
7,436

 
7,770

 
7,483

 
7,877

Weighted-average shares––Diluted
7,508

 
7,810

 
7,550

 
7,925

Cash dividends paid per common share
$
0.22

 
$
0.20

 
$
0.66

 
$
0.60

(a) 
Exclusive of amortization of intangible assets, except as disclosed in Note 9B. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets: Other Intangible Assets.
(b) 
EPS amounts may not add due to rounding.

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PFIZER INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Net income before allocation to noncontrolling interests
 
$
3,214

 
$
3,749

 
$
8,277

 
$
8,601

Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
$
153

 
$

 
$
(1,565
)
 
$
2,546

Reclassification adjustments(a) 
 

 
(130
)
 

 
(137
)
 
 
153

 
(130
)
 
(1,565
)
 
2,409

Unrealized holding gains/(losses) on derivative financial instruments
 
446

 
(1,051
)
 
217

 
(516
)
Reclassification adjustments for realized (gains)/losses(a) 
 
(221
)
 
653

 
(95
)
 
(81
)
 
 
225

 
(398
)
 
122

 
(597
)
Unrealized holding gains/(losses) on available-for-sale securities
 
35

 
(74
)
 
127

 
(94
)
Reclassification adjustments for realized (gains)/losses(a) 
 
(9
)
 
23

 
24

 
32

 
 
26

 
(51
)
 
151

 
(62
)
Benefit plans: Actuarial gains/(losses)
 
(88
)
 
1

 
(592
)
 
4

Reclassification adjustments related to amortization(b) 
 
121

 
68

 
351

 
208

Reclassification adjustments related to curtailments and settlements, net(b)
 
48

 
85

 
160

 
258

Other
 
(36
)
 
(20
)
 
18

 
(164
)
 
 
45

 
134

 
(63
)
 
306

Benefit plans: Prior service credits/(costs) and other
 
(3
)
 

 
23

 
1

Reclassification adjustments related to amortization(b) 
 
(19
)
 
(17
)
 
(53
)
 
(52
)
Reclassification adjustments related to curtailments and settlements, net(b)
 
(4
)
 
(16
)
 
(86
)
 
(49
)
Other
 
4

 

 

 
(4
)
 
 
(22
)
 
(33
)
 
(116
)
 
(104
)
Other comprehensive income/(loss), before tax
 
427

 
(478
)
 
(1,471
)
 
1,952

Tax provision/(benefit) on other comprehensive income/(loss)(c) 
 
73

 
(216
)
 
72

 
(276
)
Other comprehensive income/(loss) before allocation to noncontrolling interests
 
$
354

 
$
(262
)
 
$
(1,543
)
 
$
2,228

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive Income
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Comprehensive income before allocation to noncontrolling interests
 
$
3,568

 
$
3,487

 
$
6,734

 
$
10,829

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
5

 
7

 
3

 
35

Comprehensive income attributable to Pfizer Inc.
 
$
3,563

 
$
3,480

 
$
6,731

 
$
10,794

(a) 
Reclassified into Other deductions—net in the condensed consolidated statements of income.
(b) 
Generally reclassified into Cost of sales, Selling, informational and administrative expenses, and/or Research and development expenses, as appropriate in the condensed consolidated statements of income.
(c) 
See Note 5B. Tax Matters: Taxes on Items of Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss).

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PFIZER INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
December 31,
2011


 
(Unaudited)
 

Assets
 

 

Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
4,506

 
$
3,182

Short-term investments
 
18,462

 
23,270

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
 
12,523

 
13,058

Inventories
 
7,516

 
6,610

Taxes and other current assets
 
8,849

 
9,380

Assets of discontinued operations and other assets held for sale
 
5,271

 
5,317

Total current assets
 
57,127

 
60,817

Long-term investments
 
13,429

 
9,814

Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation
 
14,606

 
15,921

Goodwill
 
44,370

 
44,569

Identifiable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization
 
47,209

 
51,184

Taxes and other noncurrent assets
 
5,862

 
5,697

Total assets
 
$
182,603

 
$
188,002

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities and Equity
 
 

 
 

Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt
 
$
7,774

 
$
4,016

Accounts payable
 
2,967

 
3,678

Dividends payable
 
1

 
1,796

Income taxes payable
 
1,788

 
1,009

Accrued compensation and related items
 
1,736

 
2,120

Other current liabilities
 
13,455

 
15,066

Liabilities of discontinued operations
 
1,410

 
1,224

Total current liabilities
 
29,131

 
28,909

 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
31,083

 
34,926

Pension benefit obligations
 
6,560

 
6,341

Postretirement benefit obligations
 
3,309

 
3,344

Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities
 
19,133

 
18,861

Other taxes payable
 
6,011

 
6,886

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
5,261

 
6,114

Total liabilities
 
100,488

 
105,381

 
 
 
 
 
Commitments and Contingencies
 


 


 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock
 
41

 
45

Common stock
 
447

 
445

Additional paid-in capital
 
72,317

 
71,423

Employee benefit trusts
 
(2
)
 
(3
)
Treasury stock
 
(36,703
)
 
(31,801
)
Retained earnings
 
51,256

 
46,210

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(5,653
)
 
(4,129
)
Total Pfizer Inc. shareholders’ equity
 
81,703

 
82,190

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
412

 
431

Total equity
 
82,115

 
82,621

Total liabilities and equity
 
$
182,603

 
$
188,002

 See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PFIZER INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
 
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Operating Activities
 
 
 
 
Net income before allocation to noncontrolling interests
 
$
8,277

 
$
8,601

Adjustments to reconcile net income before allocation to noncontrolling interests to net
cash provided by operating activities:
 
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
 
5,716

 
6,568

Share-based compensation expense
 
362

 
347

Asset write-offs and impairment charges
 
865

 
773

Gain on sale of discontinued operations
 

 
(1,683
)
Deferred taxes from continuing operations
 
97

 
693

Other deferred taxes
 
23

 
145

Benefit plan contributions (in excess of)/less than expense

 
86

 
(270
)
Other non-cash adjustments, net
 
(118
)
 
(93
)
Other changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures
 
(3,510
)
 
(102
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
11,798

 
14,979

 
 
 
 
 
Investing Activities
 
 

 
 

Purchases of property, plant and equipment
 
(833
)
 
(1,062
)
Purchases of short-term investments
 
(14,587
)
 
(13,457
)
Proceeds from redemptions and sales of short-term investments
 
19,377

 
7,221

Net proceeds from redemptions and sales of short-term investments with
original maturities of 90 days or less
 
1,483

 
10,648

Purchases of long-term investments
 
(8,694
)
 
(3,646
)
Proceeds from redemptions and sales of long-term investments
 
3,357

 
2,001

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
 
(782
)
 
(3,188
)
Proceeds from sale of business
 

 
2,376

Other investing activities
 
(4
)
 
408

Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
 
(683
)
 
1,301

 
 
 
 
 
Financing Activities
 
 

 
 

Proceeds from short-term borrowings
 
5,700

 
9,613

Principal payments on short-term borrowings
 
(3
)
 
(3,826
)
Net payments on short-term borrowings with original maturities of 90 days or less
 
(6,055
)
 
(6,243
)
Principal payments on long-term debt
 
(14
)
 
(3,486
)
Purchases of common stock
 
(4,834
)
 
(5,789
)
Cash dividends paid
 
(4,915
)
 
(4,710
)
Other financing activities
 
355

 
84

Net cash used in financing activities
 
(9,766
)
 
(14,357
)
Effect of exchange-rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 
(25
)
 
48

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
1,324

 
1,971

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
 
3,182

 
1,735

 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end
 
$
4,506

 
$
3,706

 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 
 

 
 

Cash paid during the period for:
 
 

 
 

Income taxes
 
$
1,895

 
$
1,539

Interest
 
1,675

 
1,872

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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PFIZER INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


Note 1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

A. Basis of Presentation

We prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements following the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) can be condensed or omitted.

Balance sheet amounts and operating results for subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. are as of and for the three and nine months ended August 26, 2012, and August 28, 2011. We have made certain reclassification adjustments to conform prior-period amounts to the current presentation, primarily related to certain inventories (see Note 8. Inventories) and the reclassification of certain investments (see Note 7. Financial Instruments).

On August 13, 2012, we filed a registration statement with the SEC for the potential initial public offering (IPO) of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis Inc. (Zoetis).

On April 23, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé. As a result, beginning in the second quarter of 2012, we report the operating results of the Nutrition business as Discontinued operations––net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities associated with this business are reported as Assets of discontinued operations and other assets held for sale and Liabilities of discontinued operations, as appropriate, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets (see Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures).

On August 1, 2011, we completed the sale of our Capsugel business. The operating results and the gain on the sale of this business are reported as Discontinued operations––net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011 (see Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures).

On January 31, 2011, we acquired King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (King) and in accordance with our domestic and international reporting periods, our condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended October 2, 2011 reflect approximately eight months of King’s U.S. operations and approximately seven months of King’s international operations (for additional information, see Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions).

Revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities can vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these interim financial statements may not be representative of those for the full year.

We are responsible for the unaudited financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments that are considered necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations.

The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

B. Adoption of New Accounting Standards

The provisions of the following new accounting and disclosure standards were adopted as of January 1, 2012:

Presentation of comprehensive income in financial statements. As a result of adopting this new standard, we have presented separate Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
An amendment to the guidelines on the measurement and disclosure of fair value that is consistent between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The adoption of this new standard did not have a significant impact on our financial statements.


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PFIZER INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

C. Fair Value

Our fair value methodologies depend on the following types of inputs:
Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets (Level 1 inputs).
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or are directly or indirectly observable (Level 2 inputs).
Unobservable inputs that reflect estimates and assumptions (Level 3 inputs).

A single estimate of fair value can result from a complex series of judgments about future events and uncertainties and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions.

Note 2. Acquisitions and Divestitures

A. Acquisitions

Nexium Over-the-Counter Rights

On August 13, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca for the over-the-counter (OTC) rights for Nexium, a leading prescription drug currently approved to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Under the terms of the agreement, we acquired the exclusive global rights to market Nexium for the approved OTC indications. We made an upfront payment of $250 million to AstraZeneca, and AstraZeneca is eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $550 million based on product launches and level of sales as well as royalty payments based on sales. The upfront payment was expensed and included in Research and development expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of income. A marketing authorization application for OTC Nexium in a 20 mg tablet form was filed with the European Medicines Agency in June 2012. A new drug application filing for OTC Nexium in the U.S. in a 20 mg delayed-release capsule is targeted for the first half of 2013.

Alacer Corp.

On February 26, 2012, we completed our acquisition of Alacer Corp., a privately owned company that manufactures, markets and distributes Emergen-C, a line of effervescent, powdered drink mix vitamin supplements that is the largest-selling branded vitamin C line in the U.S. In connection with this consumer healthcare acquisition, we recorded $247 million in Identifiable intangible assets, consisting primarily of the Emergen-C indefinite-lived brand, $94 million in net deferred tax liabilities and $151 million in Goodwill. The allocation of the consideration transferred to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed has been finalized.

Ferrosan Holding A/S

On December 1, 2011, we completed our acquisition of the consumer healthcare business of Ferrosan Holding A/S (Ferrosan), a Danish company engaged in the sale of science-based consumer healthcare products, including dietary supplements and lifestyle products, primarily in the Nordic region and the emerging markets of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. Due to the fact that financial information included in our fiscal year 2011 consolidated financial statements for our subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. is as of and for the year ended November 30, this acquisition is reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements beginning in the first fiscal quarter of 2012. Our acquisition of Ferrosan’s consumer healthcare business increases our presence in dietary supplements with a new set of brands and pipeline products. Also, we believe that the acquisition allows us to expand the marketing of Ferrosan’s brands through Pfizer’s global footprint and provide greater distribution and scale for certain Pfizer brands, such as Centrum and Caltrate, in Ferrosan’s key markets. In connection with this acquisition, we recorded $463 million in Identifiable intangible assets, consisting of indefinite-lived and finite-lived brands, $119 million in net deferred tax liabilities and $246 million in Goodwill. The allocation of the consideration transferred to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed has not been finalized.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

On January 31, 2011 (the acquisition date), we completed a tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of King at a purchase price of $14.25 per share in cash and acquired approximately 92.5% of the outstanding shares. On February 28, 2011, we acquired all of the remaining shares of King for $14.25 per share in cash. As a result, the total fair value of consideration transferred for King was approximately $3.6 billion in cash ($3.2 billion, net of cash acquired).

King’s principal businesses consist of a prescription pharmaceutical business focused on delivering new formulations of pain treatments designed to discourage common methods of misuse and abuse; the Meridian auto-injector business for emergency drug delivery, which develops and manufactures the EpiPen; an established products portfolio; and an animal health business that offers a variety of feed-additive products for a wide range of species.

The following table provides the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from King: 
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Amounts
Recognized as of
Acquisition Date
(Final)

Working capital, excluding inventories
 
$
155

Inventories
 
340

Property, plant and equipment
 
412

Identifiable intangible assets, excluding in-process research and development
 
1,806

In-process research and development
 
303

Net tax accounts
 
(328
)
All other long-term assets and liabilities, net
 
102

Total identifiable net assets
 
2,790

Goodwill(a)
 
765

Net assets acquired/total consideration transferred
 
$
3,555

(a) 
Goodwill recorded as of the acquisition date totaled $720 million for our three biopharmaceutical operating segments and $45 million for our Animal Health operating segment. (Since the acquisition of King, we have revised our operating segments. See Note 13A. Segment, Geographic and Other Revenue Information: Segment Information.)

As of the acquisition date, the fair value of accounts receivable approximated the book value acquired. The gross contractual amount receivable was $200 million, virtually all of which was expected to be collected.

Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the consideration transferred over the net assets recognized and represents the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized. Specifically, the goodwill recorded as part of the acquisition of King includes the following:
the expected synergies and other benefits that we believed would result from combining the operations of King with the operations of Pfizer;
any intangible assets that did not qualify for separate recognition, as well as future, yet unidentified projects and products; and
the value of the going-concern element of King’s existing businesses (the higher rate of return on the assembled collection of net assets versus if Pfizer had acquired all of the net assets separately).

Goodwill is not amortized and is not deductible for income tax purposes (see Note 9A. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets: Goodwill for additional information).

The assets and liabilities arising from contingencies recognized as of the acquisition date are not significant to Pfizer’s condensed consolidated financial statements.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

Revenues from King are included in Pfizer's condensed consolidated statements of income from the acquisition date, January 31, 2011, through Pfizer’s domestic and international quarter-ends and were $938 million in the first nine months of 2011. We are not able to provide the results of operations attributable to King in the first nine months of 2011 as those operations had been substantially integrated into the larger Pfizer operation shortly after the acquisition.

If the acquisition of King had occurred on January 1, 2011, the change to Pfizer’s Revenues, Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and Diluted earnings per share attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders for the first nine months of 2011 would not have been significant.

B. Divestitures

On April 23, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé for $11.85 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the next few months, assuming the receipt of the required regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other closing conditions. Beginning in the second quarter of 2012, we report the operating results of the Nutrition business as Discontinued operations––net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income for all periods presented. The transaction also includes the sale of certain prenatal multivitamins currently commercialized by the Pfizer Consumer Healthcare business unit. The operating results of this product line are also included in Discontinued operations––net of tax for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities associated with the discontinued operations are classified as Assets of discontinued operations and other assets held for sale and Liabilities of discontinued operations, as appropriate, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

On August 1, 2011, we completed the sale of our Capsugel business for approximately $2.4 billion in cash. The operating results and the gain on the sale of this business are reported as Discontinued operations––net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011.

The following table provides the components of Discontinued operations—net of tax:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Revenues(a)
 
$
564

 
$
699

 
$
1,665

 
$
2,068

Pre-tax income from discontinued operations
 
$
129

 
$
121

 
$
365

 
$
397

Provision for taxes on income(b)
 
25


25


116


94

Income from discontinued operations––net of tax
 
104

 
96

 
249

 
303

Pre-tax gain on sale of discontinued operations
 

 
1,695

 

 
1,683

Provision for taxes on income(c)
 

 
367

 

 
367

Gain on sale of discontinued operations––net of tax
 

 
1,328

 

 
1,316

Discontinued operations––net of tax(a)
 
$
104

 
$
1,424

 
$
249

 
$
1,619

(a) 
Includes the Nutrition business for all periods presented and the Capsugel business for 2011 only.
(b) 
Includes deferred tax expense of $9 million and a deferred tax benefit of $10 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, respectively, and a deferred tax expense of $23 million and a deferred tax benefit of $17 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, respectively. These deferred tax provisions include deferred income taxes related to investments in certain foreign subsidiaries resulting from our intention not to hold these subsidiaries permanently.
(c) 
Includes deferred tax expense of $162 million for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011. These deferred tax provisions include deferred taxes on certain current-year funds earned outside the U.S. that will not be permanently reinvested overseas.











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(UNAUDITED)

The following table provides the components of Assets of discontinued operations and other assets held for sale and Liabilities of discontinued operations:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
December 31,
2011

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
 
$
523

 
$
550

Other current assets
 
433

 
419

Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation
 
1,046

 
1,118

Goodwill
 
492

 
498

Identifiable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization
 
2,652

 
2,648

Other noncurrent assets
 
125

 
84

Assets of discontinued operations and other assets held for sale
 
$
5,271

 
$
5,317

 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities
 
$
554

 
$
385

Other liabilities
 
856

 
839

Liabilities of discontinued operations
 
$
1,410

 
$
1,224


The net cash flows of our discontinued operations for each of the categories of operating, investing and financing activities are not significant for any period presented.

Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives

We incur significant costs in connection with acquiring, integrating and restructuring businesses and in connection with our global cost-reduction and productivity initiatives. For example:
In connection with our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives, significant programs of which began in 2005, we typically incur costs and charges associated with site closings and other facility rationalization actions, workforce reductions and the expansion of shared services, including the development of global systems; and
In connection with acquisition activity, we typically incur costs associated with executing the transactions, integrating the acquired operations (which may include expenditures for consulting and the integration of systems and processes), and restructuring the combined company (which may include charges related to employees, assets and activities that will not continue in the combined company).
 
All of our businesses and functions may be impacted by these actions, including sales and marketing, manufacturing and research and development, as well as groups such as information technology, shared services and corporate operations.

Since the acquisition of Wyeth on October 15, 2009, our cost-reduction initiatives announced on January 26, 2009, but not completed as of December 31, 2009, were incorporated into a comprehensive plan to integrate Wyeth’s operations to generate cost savings and to capture synergies across the combined company. In addition, on February 1, 2011, we announced a new productivity initiative to accelerate our strategies to improve innovation and productivity in R&D by prioritizing areas with the greatest scientific and commercial promise, utilizing appropriate risk/return profiles and focusing on areas with the highest potential to deliver value in the near term and over time.


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(UNAUDITED)

The following table provides the components of costs associated with acquisitions and cost-reduction/productivity initiatives:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Transaction costs(a)
 
$

 
$
5

 
$
1

 
$
28

Integration costs(b)
 
87

 
184

 
295

 
562

Restructuring charges(c):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Employee termination costs
 
113

 
762

 
424

 
1,615

Asset impairments
 
35

 
99

 
282

 
157

Exit costs
 
67

 
40

 
87

 
96

Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs
 
302

 
1,090

 
1,089

 
2,458

Additional depreciation––asset restructuring recorded in our
condensed consolidated statements of income as follows(d):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of sales
 
78

 
68

 
214

 
410

Selling, informational and administrative expenses
 
3

 
39

 
8

 
68

Research and development expenses
 

 
146

 
259

 
379

Total additional depreciation––asset restructuring
 
81

 
253

 
481

 
857

Implementation costs recorded in our condensed consolidated
statements of income as follows(e):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of sales
 
19

 

 
23

 

Selling, informational and administrative expenses
 
45

 
12

 
77

 
12

Research and development expenses
 
47

 
10

 
132

 
28

Total implementation costs
 
111

 
22

 
232

 
40

Total costs associated with acquisitions and cost-reduction/
productivity initiatives
 
$
494

 
$
1,365

 
$
1,802

 
$
3,355

(a) 
Transaction costs represent external costs directly related to acquired businesses and primarily include expenditures for banking, legal, accounting and other similar services.
(b) 
Integration costs represent external, incremental costs directly related to integrating acquired businesses, and primarily include expenditures for consulting and the integration of systems and processes.
(c) 
From the beginning of our cost-reduction and transformation initiatives in 2005 through September 30, 2012, Employee termination costs represent the expected reduction of the workforce by approximately 59,700 employees, mainly in manufacturing and sales and research, of which approximately 49,300 employees have been terminated as of September 30, 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the amount of employee termination costs represents additional accruals with respect to reserves for approximately 2,300 employees.
The restructuring charges in 2012 are associated with the following:
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, Primary Care operating segment ($83 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($60 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($16 million), other operating segments ($8 million), research and development operations ($39 million income), manufacturing operations ($27 million) and Corporate ($60 million).
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Primary Care operating segment ($51 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($79 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($20 million), other operating segments ($26 million), research and development operations ($14 million income), manufacturing operations ($193 million) and Corporate ($438 million).
The restructuring charges in 2011 are associated with the following:
For the three months ended October 2, 2011, Primary Care operating segment ($473 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($186 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($64 million), other operating segments ($30 million), research and development operations ($46 million income), manufacturing operations ($41 million) and Corporate ($153 million).

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For the nine months ended October 2, 2011, Primary Care operating segment ($606 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($228 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($80 million), other operating segments ($44 million), research and development operations ($426 million), manufacturing operations ($196 million) and Corporate ($288 million).

(d) 
Additional depreciation––asset restructuring represents the impact of changes in the estimated useful lives of assets involved in restructuring actions.
(e) 
Implementation costs represent external, incremental costs directly related to implementing our non-acquisition-related cost-reduction and productivity initiatives.

The following table provides the components of and changes in our restructuring accruals:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Employee
Termination
Costs

 
Asset
Impairment
Charges

 
Exit Costs

 
Accrual

Balance, December 31, 2011
 
$
2,425

 
$

 
$
92

 
$
2,517

Provision(a)
 
424

 
282

 
87

 
793

Utilization and other(b)
 
(1,270
)
 
(282
)
 
(69
)
 
(1,621
)
Balance, September, 2012(c)
 
$
1,579

 
$

 
$
110

 
$
1,689

(a) 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Provision includes additional accruals with respect to reserves for approximately 2,300 employees.
(b) 
Includes adjustments for foreign currency translation.
(c) 
Included in Other current liabilities ($949 million) and Other noncurrent liabilities ($740 million).

The asset impairment charges included in restructuring charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 primarily relate to assets held for sale and are based on an estimate of fair value, which was determined to be lower than the carrying value of the assets prior to the impairment charge.

The following table provides additional information about the long-lived assets held-for-sale that were impaired in 2012:
 
 
 Fair Value(a)
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Amount

 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Impairment
Long-lived assets held-for-sale(b)
 
$
96

 
$

 
$
96

 
$

 
$
220

(a) 
The fair value amount is presented as of the date of impairment, as these assets are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis. See also Note 1C. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies: Fair Value.
(b) 
Reflects property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets written down to their fair value of $96 million, less costs to sell of $2 million (a net of $94 million), in the first nine months of 2012. The impairment charges of $220 million are included in Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs. Fair value is determined primarily using a market approach, with various inputs, such as recent sales transactions.


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Note 4. Other Deductions—Net

The following table provides components of Other deductions––net:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Interest income(a)
 
$
(108
)
 
$
(109
)
 
$
(275
)
 
$
(331
)
Interest expense(a)
 
382

 
423

 
1,151

 
1,285

Net interest expense
 
274

 
314

 
876

 
954

Royalty-related income
 
(132
)
 
(136
)
 
(353
)
 
(447
)
Net gain on asset disposals
 
(19
)
 
(21
)
 
(45
)
 
(47
)
Certain legal matters, net(b)
 
726

 
132

 
2,014

 
619

Certain asset impairment charges(c)
 
49

 
145

 
561

 
625

Costs associated with the potential separation of the Animal Health business(d)
 
32

 

 
93

 

Other, net
 
32

 
113

 
137

 
98

Other deductions––net
 
$
962

 
$
547

 
$
3,283

 
$
1,802

(a) 
Interest income decreased slightly in the third quarter of 2012 due to lower investment balances mostly offset by higher interest rates earned on investments. Interest income decreased in the first nine months of 2012 due to lower interest rates earned on investments. Interest expense decreased in both periods in 2012 due to lower debt balances and the effective conversion of some fixed-rate liabilities to floating-rate liabilities.
(b) 
In the third quarter of 2012, primarily includes a $491 million charge, not deductible for income tax purposes, resulting from an agreement-in-principle with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve an investigation into Wyeth's historical promotional practices in connection with Rapamune. In the first nine months of 2012, primarily includes the aforementioned $491 million charge related to Rapamune, a $450 million settlement of a lawsuit by Brigham Young University related to Celebrex, and charges related to hormone-replacement therapy litigation. In 2011, primarily includes charges related to hormone-replacement therapy litigation. (See Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies.)
(c) 
In the first nine months of 2012, includes intangible asset impairment charges of $494 million reflecting (i) $314 million of in-process research and development (IPR&D), substantially all related to compounds that targeted autoimmune and inflammatory diseases (full write-off), (ii) $45 million related to our Consumer Healthcare indefinite-lived brand, Robitussin, and (iii) $135 million related to three developed technology rights. The intangible asset impairment charges for 2012 reflect, among other things, the impact of new scientific findings, updated commercial forecasts, an increased competitive environment and declining gross margins. The impairment charges for the nine months of 2012 are associated with the following: Worldwide Research and Development ($297 million); Consumer Healthcare ($45 million); Established Products ($45 million); Primary Care ($52 million); Animal Health ($36 million) and Specialty Care ($19 million). In addition, the first nine months of 2012 include charges of approximately $67 million for certain investments. These investment impairment charges reflect the difficult global economic environment.

In the first nine months of 2011, includes intangible asset impairment charges of approximately $585 million, reflecting approximately $440 million impairment of IPR&D assets, primarily related to two compounds for the treatment of certain autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and approximately $145 million impairment of developed technology rights. Substantially all of these impairment charges relate to intangible assets that were acquired as part of our acquisition of Wyeth. The intangible asset impairment charges for 2011 reflect, among other things, the impact of new scientific findings and updated commercial forecasts. The impairment charges for the nine months of 2011 are associated with the following: Worldwide Research and Development ($394 million); Specialty Care ($126 million); Oncology ($56 million) and Animal Health ($9 million).
(d) 
Costs incurred in connection with the potential initial public offering of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis. Includes expenditures for banking, legal, accounting and similar services related to the potential transaction.

The asset impairment charges included in Other deductions––net for the first nine months of 2012 primarily relate to identifiable intangible assets and are based on estimates of fair value.


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The following table provides additional information about the intangible assets that were impaired in 2012:
 
 
Fair Value(a)
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Amount

 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Impairment
Intangible assets––IPR&D(b)
 
$
44

 
$

 
$

 
$
44

 
$
314

Intangible assets––Other(b)
 
573

 

 

 
573

 
180

Total
 
$
617

 
$

 
$

 
$
617

 
$
494

(a) 
Fair value as of the date of impairment, as these assets are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis. See also Note 1C. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies: Fair Value.
(b) 
Reflects intangible assets written down to their fair value of $617 million in the first nine months of 2012. The impairment charges of $494 million are included in Other deductions––net. When we are required to determine the fair value of intangible assets other than goodwill, we use an income approach, specifically the multi-period excess earnings method, also known as the discounted cash flow method. We start with a forecast of all the expected net cash flows associated with the asset, which includes the application of a terminal value for indefinite-lived assets, and then we apply an asset-specific discount rate to arrive at a net present value amount. Some of the more significant estimates and assumptions inherent in this approach include: the amount and timing of the projected net cash flows, which includes the expected impact of competitive, legal and/or regulatory forces on the projections and the impact of technological risk associated with IPR&D assets, as well as the selection of a long-term growth rate; the discount rate, which seeks to reflect the various risks inherent in the projected cash flows; and the tax rate, which seeks to incorporate the geographic diversity of the projected cash flows.

Note 5. Tax Matters

A. Taxes on Income from Continuing Operations

During the third quarter of 2012, we reached a settlement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to the audits of the Pfizer Inc. tax returns for the years 2006 through 2008. The IRS concluded the examination of the aforementioned tax years and issued a final Revenue Agent's Report (RAR). We agreed with all the adjustments and computations contained in the RAR. As a result of settling these audit years, in the third quarter of 2012 we recorded a tax benefit of approximately $1.1 billion representing tax and interest.

Our effective tax rate for continuing operations was (4.0)% for the third quarter of 2012, compared to 34.3% for the third quarter of 2011, and in the first nine months of 2012 was 19.0%, compared to 31.2% in the first nine months of 2011. The effective tax rates for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were favorably impacted by the aforementioned settlement with the IRS. The tax rates in both periods in 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 were also favorably impacted by the resolution of foreign audits pertaining to multiple tax years and the change in the jurisdictional mix of earnings as a result of operating fluctuations in the normal course of business, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the non-deductibility of a $491 million charge resulting from an agreement-in-principle with the DOJ to resolve an investigation into Wyeth's historical promotional practices in connection with Rapamune, as well as the expiration of the U.S. research and development tax credit.




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B. Taxes on Items of Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)

The following table provides the components of tax benefit on Other comprehensive income/(loss):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Tax Expense/(Benefit) on Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments(a)
 
$
(23
)
 
$
(60
)
 
$
14

 
$
(70
)
Unrealized holding gains/(losses) on derivative financial instruments
 
137

 
(419
)
 
80

 
(212
)
Reclassification adjustments for realized (gains)/losses
 
(52
)
 
250

 
(34
)
 
(31
)
 
 
85

 
(169
)
 
46

 
(243
)
Unrealized gains/(losses) on available-for-sale securities
 
4

 
(18
)
 
17

 
(18
)
Reclassification adjustments for realized losses
 
3

 
3

 
8

 
4

 
 
7

 
(15
)
 
25

 
(14
)
Benefit plans: Actuarial gains/(losses)
 
(39
)
 
1

 
(157
)
 
1

Reclassification adjustments related to amortization
 
44

 
24

 
129

 
74

Reclassification adjustments related to curtailments and settlements, net
 
20

 
28

 
59

 
89

Other
 
(12
)
 
(12
)
 
5

 
(71
)
 
 
13

 
41

 
36

 
93

Benefit plan: Prior service (costs)/credits and other
 
(2
)
 

 
6

 

Reclassification adjustments related to amortization
 
(7
)
 
(7
)
 
(21
)
 
(21
)
Reclassification adjustments related to curtailments and settlements, net
 
(2
)
 
(7
)
 
(34
)
 
(20
)
Other
 
2

 
1

 

 
(1
)
 
 
(9
)
 
(13
)
 
(49
)
 
(42
)
Tax provision/(benefit) on other comprehensive income/(loss)
 
$
73

 
$
(216
)
 
$
72

 
$
(276
)
(a) 
Taxes are not provided for foreign currency translation relating to permanent investments in international subsidiaries.

C. Tax Contingencies

We are subject to income tax in many jurisdictions, and a certain degree of estimation is required in recording the assets and liabilities related to income taxes. All of our tax positions are subject to audit by the local taxing authorities in each tax jurisdiction. These tax audits can involve complex issues, interpretations and judgments and the resolution of matters may span multiple years, particularly if subject to negotiation or litigation. Our assessments are based on estimates and assumptions that have been deemed reasonable by management, but our estimates of unrecognized tax benefits and potential tax benefits may not be representative of actual outcomes, and variation from such estimates could materially affect our financial statements in the period of settlement or when the statutes of limitations expire. We treat these events as discrete items in the period of resolution.

The United States is our primary tax jurisdiction and we are regularly audited by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS):
During the third quarter of 2012, we reached a settlement with the IRS with respect to the audits of the Pfizer Inc. tax returns for the years 2006 through 2008. The IRS concluded the examination of the aforementioned tax years and issued a final Revenue Agent's Report (RAR). We agreed with all the adjustments and computations contained in the RAR. As a result of settling these audit years, in the third quarter of 2012 we recorded a tax benefit of approximately $1.1 billion representing tax and interest.
With respect to Pfizer Inc., tax years 2009-2010 are currently under audit. Tax years 2011-2012 are not under audit. All other tax years are closed.

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With respect to Wyeth, tax years 2006 through the Wyeth acquisition date (October 15, 2009) are currently under audit. All other tax years are closed.
With respect to King, the audit for tax year 2008 has been effectively settled, and for Alpharma Inc. (a subsidiary of King), tax years 2005-2007 are currently under audit. For King, tax years 2009 through the date of acquisition (January 31, 2011) are open but not under audit. All other tax years are closed. The open tax years and audits for King and its subsidiaries are not considered material to Pfizer.

In addition to the open audit years in the U.S., we have open audit years in other major tax jurisdictions, such as Canada (2001-2012), Japan (2007-2012), Europe (2007-2012, primarily reflecting Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain and Germany), and Puerto Rico (2007-2012).
 
Note 6. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Excluding Noncontrolling Interests

The following table provides the changes, net of tax, in Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
 
 
Net Unrealized Gain/(Losses)
 
Benefit Plans
 
 
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Currency Translation Adjustment And Other

 
Derivative Financial Instruments

 
Available-For-Sale Securities

 
Actuarial Gains/(Losses)

 
Prior Service (Costs)/ Credits And Other

 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Balance, December 31, 2011
 
$
944

 
$
(361
)
 
$
46

 
$
(5,120
)
 
$
362

 
$
(4,129
)
Other comprehensive income/(loss)(a)
 
(1,560
)
 
76

 
126

 
(99
)
 
(67
)
 
(1,524
)
Balance, September 30, 2012
 
$
(616
)
 
$
(285
)
 
$
172

 
$
(5,219
)
 
$
295

 
$
(5,653
)
(a) 
Amounts do not include foreign currency translation adjustments attributable to noncontrolling interests of $19 million loss for the first nine months of 2012.



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Note 7. Financial Instruments

A. Selected Financial Assets and Liabilities

The following table provides additional information about certain of our financial assets and liabilities:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
December 31,
2011

Selected financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis(a)
 
 
 
 
Trading securities(b)
 
$
141

 
$
154

Available-for-sale debt securities(c)
 
28,187

 
29,179

Available-for-sale money market funds(d)
 
1,429

 
1,727

Available-for-sale equity securities, excluding money market funds(c)
 
299

 
317

Derivative financial instruments in receivable positions(e):
 
 

 
 

Interest rate swaps
 
1,029

 
1,033

Foreign currency forward-exchange contracts
 
178

 
349

Foreign currency swaps
 
76

 
17

 
 
31,339

 
32,776

Other selected financial assets(f)
 
 

 
 

Held-to-maturity debt securities, carried at amortized cost(c)
 
3,029

 
1,587

Private equity securities, carried at equity method or at cost(g)
 
1,118

 
1,020

 
 
4,147

 
2,607

Total selected financial assets
 
$
35,486

 
$
35,383

 
Financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis(a)
 
 

 
 

Derivative financial instruments in a liability position(h):
 
 

 
 

Foreign currency swaps
 
$
1,172

 
$
1,396

Foreign currency forward-exchange contracts
 
165

 
355

Interest rate swaps
 
29

 
14

 
 
1,366

 
1,765

Other financial liabilities(i)
 
 

 
 

Short-term borrowings, carried at historical proceeds, as adjusted(f)
 
7,774

 
4,016

Long-term debt, carried at historical proceeds, as adjusted(j), (k)
 
31,083

 
34,926

 
 
38,857

 
38,942

Total selected financial liabilities
 
$
40,223

 
$
40,707

(a) 
We use a market approach in valuing financial instruments on a recurring basis. See also Note 1C. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies: Fair Value. All of our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis use Level 2 inputs in the calculation of fair value, except less than 1% that use Level 1 or Level 3 inputs.
(b) 
Trading securities are held in trust for legacy business acquisition severance benefits.
(c) 
Gross unrealized gains and losses are not significant.
(d) 
Includes approximately $625 million as of December 31, 2011 of money market funds that were released from restriction in the second quarter of 2012 and classified as part of Short-term investments. Such money market funds were held in escrow to secure certain of Wyeth’s payment obligations under its 1999 Nationwide Class Action Settlement Agreement, which relates to litigation against Wyeth concerning its former weight-loss products, Redux and Pondimin. The amount also includes $397 million as of September 30, 2012 and $357 million as of December 31, 2011 of money market funds held in trust in connection with the asbestos litigation involving Quigley Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary.
(e) 
Designated as hedging instruments, except for certain foreign currency contracts used as offsets; namely, foreign currency forward-exchange contracts with fair values of $25 million as of September 30, 2012; and foreign currency forward-exchange contracts with fair values of $169 million and interest rate swaps with fair values of $8 million as of December 31, 2011.
(f) 
The differences between the estimated fair values and carrying values of these financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis were not significant as of September 30, 2012 or December 31, 2011. Held-to-maturity debt securities and our short-term and long-term debt fair value are based on Level 2 valuations using a market approach. Fair value measurements for private equity securities carried at cost are based on Level 3 valuations using a market approach.
(g) 
Our private equity securities represent investments in the life sciences sector.

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(h) 
Designated as hedging instruments, except for certain foreign currency contracts used as offsets; namely, foreign currency swaps with fair values of $179 million and foreign currency forward-exchange contracts with fair values of $129 million as of September 30, 2012; and foreign currency forward-exchange contracts with fair values of $141 million and foreign currency swaps with fair values of $123 million as of December 31, 2011.
(i) 
Some carrying amounts may include adjustments for discount or premium amortization or for the effect of interest rate swaps designated as hedges.
(j) 
Includes foreign currency debt with fair values of $898 million as of September 30, 2012 and $919 million as of December 31, 2011, which are used as hedging instruments.
(k) 
The fair value of our long-term debt (not including the current portion of long term debt) is $36.5 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $40.1 billion as of December 31, 2011.

The following table provides the classification of these selected financial assets and liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
December 31,
2011

Assets
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2,312

 
$
900

Short-term investments
 
18,462

 
23,270

Long-term investments
 
13,429

 
9,814

Taxes and other current assets(a)
 
210

 
357

Taxes and other noncurrent assets(b)
 
1,073

 
1,042

 
 
$
35,486

 
$
35,383

Liabilities
 
 

 
 

Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt
 
$
7,774

 
$
4,016

Other current liabilities(c)
 
395

 
459

Long-term debt
 
31,083

 
34,926

Other noncurrent liabilities(d)
 
971

 
1,306

 
 
$
40,223

 
$
40,707

(a) 
As of September 30, 2012, derivative instruments at fair value include foreign currency forward-exchange contracts ($178 million), foreign currency swaps ($20 million) and interest rate swaps ($12 million) and, as of December 31, 2011, include foreign currency forward-exchange contracts ($349 million) and interest rate swaps ($8 million).
(b) 
As of September 30, 2012, derivative instruments at fair value include interest rate swaps ($1.0 billion) and foreign currency swaps ($56 million) and, as of December 31, 2011, include interest rate swaps ($1 billion) and foreign currency swaps ($17 million).
(c) 
At September 30, 2012, derivative instruments at fair value include foreign currency swaps ($230 million) and foreign currency forward-exchange contracts ($165 million) and, as of December 31, 2011, include foreign currency forward-exchange contracts ($355 million) and foreign currency swaps ($104 million).
(d) 
At September 30, 2012, derivative instruments at fair value include foreign currency swaps ($942 million) and interest rate swaps ($29 million) and, as of December 31, 2011, include foreign currency swaps ($1.3 billion) and interest rate swaps ($14 million).
















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B. Investments in Debt Securities

The following table provides the contractual maturities of the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities:
 
 
Years
 
 
 
 
 

 
Over 1

 
Over 5

 
September 30,
2012

(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Within 1

 
to 5

 
to 10

 
Total

Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Western European, Asian and other government debt(a)
 
$
11,079

 
$
1,810

 
$
6

 
$
12,895

Corporate debt(b)
 
1,368

 
4,302

 
1,799

 
7,469

Western European, Scandinavian and other government agency debt(a)
 
1,927

 
415

 

 
2,342

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal National Mortgage Association asset-backed securities
 

 
2,308

 
25

 
2,333

U.S. government debt
 
1,912

 
171

 

 
2,083

Supranational debt(a)
 
310

 
345

 

 
655

Reverse repurchase agreements(c)
 
410

 

 

 
410

Held-to-maturity debt securities
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Certificates of deposit and other
 
2,734

 
287

 
8

 
3,029

Total debt securities
 
$
19,740

 
$
9,638

 
$
1,838

 
$
31,216

(a) 
All issued by above-investment-grade governments, government agencies or supranational entities, as applicable.
(b) 
Largely issued by above-investment-grade institutions in the financial services sector.
(c) 
Involving U.S. government securities.

C. Short-Term Borrowings

Short-term borrowings include amounts for commercial paper of $2.7 billion as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

D. Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities

Foreign Exchange Risk

As of September 30, 2012, the aggregate notional amount of foreign exchange derivative financial instruments hedging or offsetting foreign currency exposures is $43.9 billion. The derivative financial instruments primarily hedge or offset exposures in the euro, Japanese yen and U.K. pound. The maximum length of time over which we are hedging future foreign exchange cash flow relates to our $2.4 billion U.K. pound debt maturing in 2038.
 
Interest Rate Risk
 
As of September 30, 2012, the aggregate notional amount of interest rate derivative financial instruments is $13.0 billion. The derivative financial instruments primarily hedge U.S. dollar and euro fixed-rate debt.












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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

The following table provides information about the gains/(losses) incurred to hedge or offset operational foreign exchange or interest rate risk:
 
 
Amount of
Gains/(Losses)
Recognized in OID(a), (b), (c)
 
Amount of
Gains/(Losses)
Recognized in OCI
(Effective Portion)(a), (d)
 
Amount of
Gains/(Losses)
Reclassified from
OCI into OID
(Effective Portion)(a), (d)
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments in Cash Flow Hedge Relationships
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency swaps
 
$

 
$

 
$
455

 
$
(1,047
)
 
$
221

 
$
(654
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments in Net Investment Hedge Relationships
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency swaps
 

 
(1
)
 
(40
)
 
(118
)
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Not Designated as Hedges
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency forward-exchange contracts
 
(201
)
 
(75
)
 

 

 

 

Foreign currency swaps
 
10

 
29

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Derivative Financial Instruments in Net Investment Hedge Relationships
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency short-term borrowings
 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency long-term debt
 

 

 
(20
)
 
(42
)
 

 

All other net
 

 
(1
)
 

 
1

 

 
1

 
 
$
(191
)
 
$
(48
)
 
$
395

 
$
(1,206
)
 
$
221

 
$
(653
)
Nine Months Ended
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivative Financial Instruments in Cash Flow Hedge Relationships
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency swaps
 
$

 
$

 
$
238

 
$
(516
)
 
$
89

 
$
76

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments in Net Investment Hedge Relationships
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency swaps
 
(3
)
 
14

 
33

 
(1,076
)
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments Not Designated as Hedges
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency forward-exchange contracts
 
(137
)
 
(392
)
 

 

 

 

Foreign currency swaps
 
(7
)
 
72

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Derivative Financial Instruments in Net Investment Hedge Relationships
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency short-term borrowings
 

 

 

 
940

 

 

Foreign currency long-term debt
 

 

 
3

 
(47
)
 

 

All other net
 
1

 
(1
)
 
5

 
4

 
6

 
5

 
 
$
(146
)
 
$
(307
)
 
$
279

 
$
(695
)
 
$
95

 
$
81


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(a) 
OID = Other (income)/deductions—net, included in Other deductions—net in the condensed consolidated statements of income. OCI = Other comprehensive income/(loss), included in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
(b) 
Also includes gains and losses attributable to the hedged risk in fair value hedge relationships.
(c) 
There was no significant ineffectiveness for any period presented.
(d) 
Amounts presented represent the effective portion of the gain or loss. For derivative financial instruments in cash flow hedge relationships, the effective portion is included in Other comprehensive income/(loss)––Unrealized holding gains/(losses) on derivative financial instruments. For derivative financial instruments in net investment hedge relationships and for foreign currency debt designated as hedging instruments, the effective portion is included in Other comprehensive income/(loss)––foreign currency translation adjustments.

For information about the fair value of our derivative financial instruments, and the impact on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, see Note 7A. Financial Instruments: Selected Financial Assets and Liabilities above. Certain of our derivative instruments are covered by associated credit-support agreements that have credit-risk-related contingent features designed to reduce our counterparties’ exposure to our risk of defaulting on amounts owed. As of September 30, 2012, the aggregate fair value of these derivative instruments that are in a liability position is $819 million, for which we have posted collateral of $782 million in the normal course of business. These features include the requirement to pay additional collateral in the event of a downgrade in our debt ratings. If there had been a downgrade to below an A rating by S&P or the equivalent rating by Moody’s Investors Service, on September 30, 2012, we would have been required to post an additional $67 million of collateral to our counterparties. The collateral advanced receivables are reported in Cash and cash equivalents.

E. Credit Risk

On an ongoing basis, we review the creditworthiness of counterparties to our foreign exchange and interest rate agreements and do not expect to incur a significant loss from failure of any counterparties to perform under the agreements.

There are no significant concentrations of credit risk related to our financial instruments with any individual counterparty. As of September 30, 2012, we had $2.5 billion due from a well-diversified, highly rated group (S&P ratings of mostly A+ or better) of bank counterparties around the world. See Note 7B. Financial Instruments: Investments in Debt Securities above for details about our investments.

In general, there is no requirement for collateral from customers. However, derivative financial instruments are executed under master netting agreements with financial institutions. These agreements contain provisions that provide for the ability for collateral payments, depending on levels of exposure, our credit rating and the credit rating of the counterparty. As of September 30, 2012, we received cash collateral of $452 million against various counterparties. The collateral primarily supports the approximate fair value of our derivative contracts. With respect to the collateral received, which is included in Cash and cash equivalents, the obligations are reported in Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt.

Note 8. Inventories

The following table provides the components of Inventories:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
December 31,
2011

Finished goods
 
$
2,634

 
$
2,311

Work-in-process
 
3,994

 
3,514

Raw materials and supplies
 
888

 
785

Total inventories(a)
 
$
7,516

 
$
6,610

Noncurrent portion not included above(b)
 
$
702

 
$
800

(a) 
The increase reflects, in part, a build-up in anticipation of plant rationalizations.
(b) 
Included in Taxes and other noncurrent assets. There are no recoverability issues associated with these amounts.



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Note 9. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

A. Goodwill

The following table provides the components of and changes in the carrying amount of Goodwill:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Primary
Care

 
Specialty
Care and
Oncology

 
Established
Products and
Emerging
Markets

 
Other Operating Segments(a)

 
Total

Balance, December 31, 2011
 
$
6,229

 
$
17,097

 
$
18,746

 
$
2,497

 
$
44,569

Additions(b)
 

 

 

 
397

 
397

Other(c)
 
(90
)
 
(247
)
 
(266
)
 
7

 
(596
)
Balance, September 30, 2012
 
$
6,139

 
$
16,850

 
$
18,480

 
$
2,901

 
$
44,370

(a) 
Reflects amounts associated with Animal Health and Consumer Healthcare.
(b) 
Related to our acquisitions of Alacer and Ferrosan (see Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions).
(c) 
Primarily reflects the impact of foreign exchange.
 
B. Other Intangible Assets

Balance Sheet Information

The following table provides the components of Identifiable intangible assets:
 
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount

 
Accumulated
Amortization

 
Identifiable
Intangible
Assets, less
Accumulated
Amortization

 
Gross
Carrying
Amount

 
Accumulated
Amortization

 
Identifiable
Intangible
Assets, less
Accumulated
Amortization

Finite-lived intangible assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed technology rights
 
$
72,439

 
$
(35,695
)
 
$
36,744

 
$
72,678

 
$
(31,922
)
 
$
40,756

Brands
 
1,889

 
(747
)
 
1,142

 
1,678

 
(687
)
 
991

License agreements
 
483

 
(337
)
 
146

 
425

 
(215
)
 
210

Other
 
649

 
(444
)
 
205

 
623

 
(362
)
 
261

 
 
75,460

 
(37,223
)
 
38,237

 
75,404

 
(33,186
)
 
42,218

Indefinite-lived intangible assets
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Brands
 
8,085

 

 
8,085

 
7,694

 

 
7,694

In-process research and development
 
814

 

 
814

 
1,200

 

 
1,200

Trademarks
 
73

 

 
73

 
72

 

 
72

 
 
8,972

 

 
8,972

 
8,966

 

 
8,966

Total identifiable intangible assets(a)
 
$
84,432

 
$
(37,223
)
 
$
47,209

 
$
84,370

 
$
(33,186
)
 
$
51,184

(a) 
The decrease is primarily related to amortization, as well as impairment charges (see Note 4. Other DeductionsNet), partially offset by the assets acquired as part of the acquisitions of Ferrosan and Alacer (see Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions).

As of September 30, 2012, our identifiable intangible assets are associated with the following, as a percentage of total identifiable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization:
Developed Technology Rights: Specialty Care (65%); Established Products (18%); Primary Care (14%); Animal Health (2%); and Oncology (1%);
Brands, finite-lived: Consumer Healthcare (65%); Established Products (23%); and Animal Health (12%);

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Brands, indefinite-lived: Consumer Healthcare (67%); and Established Products (33%); and
IPR&D: Worldwide Research and Development (47%); Specialty Care (21%); Primary Care (19%); Established Products (11%); and Animal Health (2%).

There are no percentages for our Emerging Markets business unit as it is a geographic-area unit, not a product-based unit. The carrying value of the assets associated with our Emerging Markets business unit is included within the assets associated with the other four biopharmaceutical business units.

Amortization

Amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets that contribute to our ability to sell, manufacture, research, market and distribute products, compounds and intellectual property is included in Amortization of intangible assets as these intangible assets benefit multiple business functions. Amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets that are associated with a single function is included in Cost of sales, Selling, informational and administrative expenses or Research and development expenses, as appropriate. Total amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was $1.3 billion for the third quarter of 2012 and $1.4 billion for the third quarter of 2011, and $4.1 billion for the first nine months of 2012 and $4.3 billion for the first nine months of 2011.

Impairment Charges

For information about impairments of intangible assets, see Note 4. Other Deductions––Net.

For IPR&D assets, the risk of failure is significant and there can be no certainty that these assets ultimately will yield a successful product. The nature of the biopharmaceutical business is high-risk and, as such, we expect that many of these IPR&D assets will become impaired and be written off.
 
Note 10. Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

On May 8, 2012, we announced to employees that as of January 1, 2018, Pfizer will transition its U.S. and Puerto Rico employees from its defined benefit plans to an enhanced defined contribution savings plan. As a result of this decision to freeze the U.S. defined benefit plans, a curtailment was triggered and we performed a re-measurement of the pension obligations and plan assets in the second quarter of 2012, which had an immaterial impact to the funded status of the plans. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we recorded, among other impacts, a curtailment gain of approximately $59 million in the condensed consolidated statements of income.










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(UNAUDITED)

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
Pension Plans
 
 
 
 
U.S.
Qualified(a)
 
U.S.
Supplemental
(Non-Qualified)(b)
 
International(c)
 
Postretirement
Plans
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
86

 
$
87

 
$
8

 
$
9

 
$
52

 
$
61

 
$
16

 
$
17

Interest cost
 
170

 
181

 
15

 
17

 
99

 
113

 
46

 
49

Expected return on plan assets
 
(247
)
 
(216
)
 

 

 
(104
)
 
(111
)
 
(12
)
 
(9
)
Amortization of:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Actuarial losses
 
75

 
33

 
10

 
9

 
28

 
21

 
8

 
4

Prior service credits
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(13
)
 
(13
)
Curtailments and settlements––net
 
31

 
20

 
3

 
3

 

 
3

 
(3
)
 
(14
)
Special termination benefits
 
1

 
7

 
8

 
5

 

 
1

 
1

 
1

 
 
$
114

 
$
110

 
$
42

 
$
42

 
$
73

 
$
86

 
$
43

 
$
35

Nine Months Ended
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net periodic benefit cost:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service cost
 
$
272

 
$
266

 
$
27

 
$
28

 
$
156

 
$
185

 
$
51

 
$
52

Interest cost
 
528

 
550

 
47

 
54

 
302

 
333

 
137

 
146

Expected return on plan assets
 
(738
)
 
(657
)
 

 

 
(317
)
 
(326
)
 
(35
)
 
(26
)
Amortization of:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Actuarial losses
 
232

 
103

 
31

 
27

 
63

 
64

 
25

 
12

Prior service credits
 
(8
)
 
(6
)
 
(3
)
 
(2
)
 
(5
)
 
(4
)
 
(37
)
 
(40
)
Curtailments and settlements––net
 
57

 
71

 
13

 
21

 
(7
)
 
7

 
(26
)
 
(40
)
Special termination benefits
 
8

 
17

 
23

 
18

 
3

 
4

 
5

 
2

 
 
$
351

 
$
344

 
$
138

 
$
146

 
$
195

 
$
263

 
$
120

 
$
106

(a) 
The net periodic benefit cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2011, for our U.S. qualified plans was largely unchanged, as (i) an increase in the amounts amortized for actuarial losses (resulting from a decrease in the discount rate and lower than expected actual returns in 2011) was largely offset by a higher expected return on plan assets (resulting from contributions made to the plan in 2011) as well as the fact that (ii) within curtailments and settlements, net, the curtailment gain resulting from the decision to freeze the defined benefit plans in the U.S. and Puerto Rico was more than offset by higher settlement activity.
(b) 
The decrease in net periodic benefit cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2011, for our U.S. supplemental (non-qualified) pension plans reflects the curtailment gain resulting from the decision to freeze the defined benefit plans in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
(c) 
The decrease in net periodic benefit costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2011, for our international pension plans was primarily driven by changes in assumptions in our U.K. plans in 2011 and higher curtailment gains associated with ongoing restructuring initiatives.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we contributed from our general assets: $20 million to our U.S. qualified pension plans, $139 million to our U.S. supplemental (non-qualified) pension plans, $272 million to our international pension plans and $287 million to our postretirement plans.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

During 2012, we expect to contribute from our general assets a total of $20 million to our U.S. qualified pension plans, $175 million to our U.S. supplemental (non-qualified) pension plans, $435 million to our international pension plans and $353 million to our postretirement plans. Contributions expected to be made for 2012 are inclusive of amounts contributed during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The international pension plan, postretirement plan and U.S. supplemental (non-qualified) pension plan contributions from our general assets include direct employer benefit payments.

Note 11. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders

The following table provides the detailed calculation of Earnings per share:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(IN MILLIONS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

EPS Numerator––Basic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
 
$
3,110

 
$
2,325

 
$
8,028

 
$
6,982

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
6

 
11

 
22

 
31

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc.
 
3,104

 
2,314

 
8,006

 
6,951

Less: Preferred stock dividends––net of tax
 
1

 

 
1

 
1

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc.
common shareholders
 
3,103

 
2,314

 
8,005

 
6,950

Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
104

 
1,424

 
249

 
1,619

Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
3,207

 
$
3,738

 
$
8,254

 
$
8,569

EPS Numerator––Diluted
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions
 
$
3,104

 
$
2,314

 
$
8,006

 
$
6,951

Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
104

 
1,424

 
249

 
1,619

Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders and assumed conversions
 
$
3,208

 
$
3,738

 
$
8,255

 
$
8,570

EPS Denominator
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding––Basic
 
7,436

 
7,770

 
7,483

 
7,877

Common-share equivalents: stock options, stock issuable under employee compensation plans and convertible preferred stock
 
72

 
40

 
67

 
48

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding––Diluted
 
7,508

 
7,810

 
7,550

 
7,925

Stock options that had exercise prices greater than the average market price of our common stock issuable under employee compensation plans(a)

180

 
342

 
180

 
279

(a) 
These common stock equivalents were outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for those periods because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.



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Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies

We and certain of our subsidiaries are subject to numerous contingencies arising in the ordinary course of business. For a discussion of our tax contingencies, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 5C. Tax Matters: Tax Contingencies.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Our non-tax contingencies include, among others, the following:
Patent litigation, which typically involves challenges to the coverage and/or validity of our patents on various products, processes or dosage forms. We are the plaintiff in the vast majority of these actions. An adverse outcome in actions in which we are the plaintiff could result in a loss of patent protection for the drug at issue, a significant loss of revenues from that drug and impairments of any associated assets.
Product liability and other product-related litigation, which can include personal injury, consumer, off-label promotion, securities-law, antitrust and breach of contract claims, among others, often involves highly complex issues relating to medical causation, label warnings and reliance on those warnings, scientific evidence and findings, actual, provable injury and other matters.
Commercial and other litigation, which can include merger-related and product-pricing claims and environmental claims and proceedings, can involve complexities that will vary from matter to matter.
Government investigations, which often are related to the extensive regulation of pharmaceutical companies by national, state and local government agencies in the U.S. and in other countries. 
 
Certain of these contingencies could result in losses, including damages, fines and/or civil penalties, and/or criminal charges, which could be substantial.

We believe that our claims and defenses in these matters are substantial, but litigation is inherently unpredictable and excessive verdicts do occur. We do not believe that any of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial position. However, we could incur judgments, enter into settlements or revise our expectations regarding the outcome of certain matters, and such developments could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or cash flows in the period in which the amounts are paid and/or accrued.

We have accrued for losses that are both probable and reasonably estimable. Substantially all of these contingencies are subject to significant uncertainties and, therefore, determining the likelihood of a loss and/or the measurement of any loss can be complex. Consequently, we are unable to estimate the range of reasonably possible loss in excess of amounts accrued. Our assessments are based on estimates and assumptions that have been deemed reasonable by management, but the assessment process relies heavily on estimates and assumptions that may prove to be incomplete or inaccurate, and unanticipated events and circumstances may occur that might cause us to change those estimates and assumptions.

Amounts recorded for legal and environmental contingencies can result from a complex series of judgments about future events and uncertainties and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions.

The principal pending matters to which we are a party are discussed below. In determining whether a pending matter is a principal matter, we consider both quantitative and qualitative factors in order to assess materiality, such as, among other things, the amount of damages and the nature of any other relief sought in the proceeding, if such damages and other relief are specified; our view of the merits of the claims and of the strength of our defenses; whether the action purports to be a class action and our view of the likelihood that a class will be certified by the court; the jurisdiction in which the proceeding is pending; any experience that we or, to our knowledge, other companies have had in similar proceedings; whether disclosure of the action would be important to a reader of our financial statements, including whether disclosure might change a reader’s judgment about our financial statements in light of all of the information about the Company that is available to the reader; the potential impact of the proceeding on our reputation; and the extent of public interest in the matter. In addition, with respect to patent matters, we consider, among other things, the financial significance of the product protected by the patent. As a result of considering qualitative factors in our determination of principal matters, there are some matters discussed below with respect to which management believes that the likelihood of possible loss in excess of amounts accrued is remote.

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A. Patent Litigation
 
Like other pharmaceutical companies, we are involved in numerous suits relating to our patents, including but not limited to those discussed below. Most of the suits involve claims by generic drug manufacturers that patents covering our products, processes or dosage forms are invalid and/or do not cover the product of the generic manufacturer. Also, counterclaims, as well as various independent actions, have been filed claiming that our assertions of, or attempts to enforce, our patent rights with respect to certain products constitute unfair competition and/or violations of antitrust laws. In addition to the challenges to the U.S. patents on a number of our products that are discussed below, we note that the patent rights to certain of our products are being challenged in various other countries.

ACTIONS IN WHICH WE ARE THE PLAINTIFF AND CERTAIN RELATED ACTIONS

Viagra (sildenafil)
In March 2010, we brought a patent-infringement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Teva USA) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries), which had filed an abbreviated new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market a generic version of Viagra. Teva USA and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries assert the invalidity and non-infringement of the Viagra use patent, which (including the six-month pediatric exclusivity period resulting from the Company’s conduct of clinical studies to evaluate Revatio in the treatment of pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension; Viagra and Revatio have the same active ingredient, sildenafil) expires in 2020. In August 2011, the court ruled that our Viagra use patent is valid and infringed, thereby preventing Teva USA and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries from receiving FDA approval for a generic version of Viagra and from marketing its generic product in the U.S. before 2020. In September 2011, Teva USA and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

In October 2010, we filed a patent-infringement action with respect to Viagra in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp., Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Mylan Inc., Actavis, Inc. and Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC. These generic manufacturers have filed abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market their generic versions of Viagra. They assert the invalidity and non-infringement of the Viagra use patent.

In May and June 2011, respectively, Watson Laboratories Inc. (Watson) and Hetero Labs Limited (Hetero) notified us that they had filed abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market their generic versions of Viagra. Each asserts the invalidity and non-infringement of the Viagra use patent. In June and July 2011, respectively, we filed actions against Watson and Hetero in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asserting the validity and infringement of the use patent.

Sutent (sunitinib malate)
In May 2010, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. notified us that it had filed an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA seeking approval to market a generic version of Sutent and challenging on various grounds the Sutent basic patent, which expires in 2021, and two other patents, which expire in 2020 and 2021. In June 2010, we filed suit against Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting the infringement of those three patents.

Detrol and Detrol LA (tolterodine)
We filed actions asserting the infringement of various patents for Detrol LA (i) against Impax Laboratories, Inc. (Impax) in March 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which action subsequently was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and (ii) against Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in June 2010 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. In August 2012, both of those actions were settled. As a result of those settlements and previous settlements relating to various patents for Detrol LA, we expect generic competition for Detrol LA in the U.S. to commence no earlier than January 1, 2014, except in certain limited circumstances, and no later than March 1, 2014.

In addition, our action against Impax in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey asserting the infringement of the basic patent for Detrol IR has been dismissed by consent of the parties. The basic patent, including the six-month pediatric exclusivity period, expired in September 2012.


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Lyrica (pregabalin)
Beginning in March 2009, several generic manufacturers notified us that they had filed abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market generic versions of Lyrica capsules and, in the case of one generic manufacturer, Lyrica oral solution. Each of the generic manufacturers is challenging one or more of three patents for Lyrica: the basic patent, which expires in 2018, and two other patents, which expire in 2013 and 2018. Each of the generic manufacturers asserts the invalidity and/or the non-infringement of the patents subject to challenge. Beginning in April 2009, we filed actions against these generic manufacturers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting the infringement and validity of our patents for Lyrica. All of these cases were consolidated in the District of Delaware. In July 2012, the court held that all three patents are valid and infringed, thereby preventing the generic manufacturers from obtaining final FDA approval for their generic versions of Lyrica and from marketing those products in the U.S. prior to the expiration of the three patents. In August 2012, the generic manufacturers appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
 
In November 2010, Novel Laboratories, Inc. (Novel) notified us that it had filed an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA seeking approval to market a generic version of Lyrica oral solution and asserting the invalidity and/or infringement of our three patents for Lyrica referred to above. In January 2011, we filed an action against Novel in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting the validity and infringement of all three patents.
 
Apotex Inc. notified us, in May and June 2011, respectively, that it had filed abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market generic versions of Lyrica oral solution and Lyrica capsules. Apotex Inc. asserts the invalidity and non-infringement of the basic patent, as well as the seizure patent that expires in 2013. In July 2011, we filed an action against Apotex Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting the validity and infringement of the challenged patents in connection with both of the abbreviated new drug applications.
 
In October 2011, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (Alembic) notified us that it had filed an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA seeking approval to market a generic version of Lyrica capsules and asserting the invalidity of the basic patent. In December 2011, we filed an action against Alembic in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting the validity and infringement of the basic patent.
 
We also have filed patent-infringement actions in Canada against certain generic manufacturers who are seeking approval to market generic versions of Lyrica capsules in that country.

Protonix (pantoprazole sodium)
Wyeth has a license to market Protonix in the U.S. from Nycomed GmbH (Nycomed), which owns the patents relating to Protonix. The basic patent (including the six-month pediatric exclusivity period) for Protonix expired in January 2011.
 
Following their respective filings of abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA, Teva USA and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Sun Pharmaceutical Advanced Research Centre Ltd. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (collectively, Sun) and KUDCO Ireland, Ltd. (KUDCO Ireland) received final FDA approval to market their generic versions of Protonix 20mg and 40mg delayed-release tablets. Wyeth and Nycomed filed actions against those generic manufacturers in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, which subsequently were consolidated into a single proceeding, alleging infringement of the basic patent and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Following the court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by Wyeth and Nycomed, Teva USA and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Sun launched their generic versions of Protonix tablets at risk in December 2007 and January 2008, respectively. Wyeth launched its own generic version of Protonix tablets in January 2008, and Wyeth and Nycomed filed amended complaints in the pending patent-infringement action seeking compensation for damages resulting from Teva USA’s, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’ and Sun's at-risk launches.
 
In April 2010, the jury in the pending patent-infringement action upheld the validity of the basic patent for Protonix. In July 2010, the court upheld the jury verdict, but it did not issue a judgment against Teva USA, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries or Sun because of their other claims relating to the patent that still are pending. Wyeth and Nycomed will continue to pursue all available legal remedies against those generic manufacturers, including compensation for damages resulting from their at-risk launches.
 
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purported class actions have been stayed pending resolution of the underlying patent litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
 
Rapamune (sirolimus)
In March 2010, Watson Laboratories Inc. - Florida (Watson Florida) and Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (Ranbaxy) notified us that they had filed abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market generic versions of Rapamune. Watson Florida asserts and Ranbaxy asserted the invalidity and non-infringement of a method-of-use patent which (including the six-month pediatric exclusivity period) expires in 2014 and a solid-dosage formulation patent which (including the six-month pediatric exclusivity period) expires in 2018. In April 2010, we filed actions against Watson Florida and Ranbaxy in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and against Watson Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida asserting the infringement of the method-of-use patent. In June 2010, our action in the Southern District of Florida was transferred to the District of Delaware and consolidated with our pending action there. Earlier this year, Ranbaxy was dismissed from the lawsuit and cannot sell a generic sirolimus product prior to the expiration of our method-of-use patent.
 
Tygacil (tigecycline)
In October 2009, Sandoz, Inc., a division of Novartis AG (Sandoz), notified Wyeth that it had filed an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA seeking approval to market a generic version of Tygacil. Sandoz asserts the invalidity and non-infringement of two of Wyeth’s patents relating to Tygacil, including the basic patent, which expires in 2016. In December 2009, Wyeth filed suit against Sandoz in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting infringement of the basic patent.

EpiPen
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (King) brought a patent-infringement action against Sandoz in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in July 2010 as the result of its abbreviated new drug application with the FDA seeking approval to market an epinephrine injectable product. Sandoz is challenging patents, which expire in 2025, covering the next-generation autoinjector for use with epinephrine that is sold under the EpiPen brand name.
 
Embeda (morphine sulfate/naltrexone hydrochloride extended-release capsules)
In August 2011, Watson Florida notified us that it had filed an abbreviated new drug application with the FDA seeking approval to market a generic version of Embeda extended-release capsules. Watson Florida asserts the invalidity and non-infringement of three formulation patents that expire in 2027. In October 2011, we filed an action against Watson Florida in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting the infringement of, and defending against the allegations of the invalidity of, the three formulation patents.

Torisel (temsirolimus)
In December 2011, we brought patent-infringement actions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Sandoz and Accord Healthcare, Inc. USA and certain of its affiliates (collectively, Accord) as a result of their abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market generic versions of Torisel before the expiration of the basic patent in 2014. In May 2012, we brought an action in the same court against Sandoz for infringement of a formulation patent that expires in 2026. In September 2012, our actions against Sandoz and Accord were consolidated in the District of Delaware.

Pristiq (desvenlafaxine)
Beginning in May 2012, several generic manufacturers notified us that they had filed abbreviated new drug applications with the FDA seeking approval to market generic versions of Pristiq. Each of the generic manufacturers asserts the invalidity, unenforceability and/or non-infringement of one or both of two patents for Pristiq that expire in 2022 and in 2027. Beginning in June 2012, we filed actions against these generic manufacturers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and, in certain instances, also in other jurisdictions asserting the validity, enforceability and infringement of those patents.
 
ACTION IN WHICH WE ARE THE DEFENDANT
 
Lipitor (atorvastatin)
In the U.K., while the patent protection for Lipitor expired in November 2011, the exclusivity period was extended by six months to May 6, 2012 by virtue of the pediatric extension to the supplementary protection certificate. In September 2011, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (U.K.) Limited filed an action in the High Court of Justice seeking revocation of the six-month pediatric extension and damages resulting from the inability to launch its generic Lipitor product during the pediatric extension period in

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the U.K. and certain other European Union (EU) markets. We are defending this action, which is based upon the interpretation of the EU Pediatric Medicines Regulation.

B. Product Litigation
 
Like other pharmaceutical companies, we are defendants in numerous cases, including but not limited to those discussed below, related to our pharmaceutical and other products. Plaintiffs in these cases seek damages and other relief on various grounds for alleged personal injury and economic loss.
 
Asbestos
Quigley

Quigley Company, Inc. (Quigley), a wholly owned subsidiary, was acquired by Pfizer in 1968 and sold products containing small amounts of asbestos until the early 1970s. In September 2004, Pfizer and Quigley took steps that were intended to resolve all pending and future claims against Pfizer and Quigley in which the claimants allege personal injury from exposure to Quigley products containing asbestos, silica or mixed dust. We recorded a charge of $369 million pre-tax ($229 million after-tax) in the third quarter of 2004 in connection with these matters.

In September 2004, Quigley filed a petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In March 2005, Quigley filed a reorganization plan in the Bankruptcy Court that needed the approval of 75% of the voting claimants, as well as the Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In connection with that filing, Pfizer entered into settlement agreements with lawyers representing more than 80% of the individuals with claims related to Quigley products against Quigley and Pfizer. The agreements provide for a total of $430 million in payments, of which $215 million became due in December 2005 and has been and is being paid to claimants upon receipt by Pfizer of certain required documentation from each of the claimants. The reorganization plan provided for the establishment of a trust (the Trust) for the evaluation and, as appropriate, payment of all unsettled pending claims, as well as any future claims alleging injury from exposure to Quigley products.

In February 2008, the Bankruptcy Court authorized Quigley to solicit an amended reorganization plan for acceptance by claimants. According to the official report filed with the court by the balloting agent in July 2008, the requisite votes were cast in favor of the amended plan of reorganization.

The Bankruptcy Court held a confirmation hearing with respect to Quigley’s amended plan of reorganization that concluded in December 2009. In September 2010, the Bankruptcy Court declined to confirm the amended reorganization plan. As a result of the foregoing, Pfizer recorded additional charges for this matter of approximately $1.3 billion pre-tax (approximately $800 million after-tax) in 2010. Further, in order to preserve its right to address certain legal issues raised in the court’s opinion, in October 2010, Pfizer filed a notice of appeal and motion for leave to appeal the Bankruptcy Court’s decision denying confirmation.

In March 2011, Pfizer entered into a settlement agreement with a committee (the Ad Hoc Committee) representing approximately 40,000 claimants in the Quigley bankruptcy proceeding (the Ad Hoc Committee claimants). Consistent with the additional charges recorded in 2010 referred to above, the principal provisions of the settlement agreement provide for a settlement payment in two installments and other consideration, as follows:
the payment to the Ad Hoc Committee, for the benefit of the Ad Hoc Committee claimants, of a first installment of $500 million upon receipt by Pfizer of releases of asbestos-related claims against Pfizer Inc. from Ad Hoc Committee claimants holding $500 million in the aggregate of claims (Pfizer began paying this first installment in June 2011);
the payment to the Ad Hoc Committee, for the benefit of the Ad Hoc Committee claimants, of a second installment of $300 million upon Pfizer’s receipt of releases of asbestos-related claims against Pfizer Inc. from Ad Hoc Committee claimants holding an additional $300 million in the aggregate of claims following the earlier of the effective date of a revised plan of reorganization and April 6, 2013;
the payment of the Ad Hoc Committee’s legal fees and expenses incurred in this matter up to a maximum of $19 million (Pfizer began paying these legal fees and expenses in May 2011); and

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the procurement by Pfizer of insurance for the benefit of certain Ad Hoc Committee claimants to the extent such claimants with non-malignant diseases have a future disease progression to a malignant disease (Pfizer procured this insurance in August 2011).

Following the execution of the settlement agreement with the Ad Hoc Committee, Quigley filed a revised plan of reorganization and accompanying disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court in April 2011, which it amended in June 2012. In August 2012, the Bankruptcy Court authorized Quigley to solicit the revised plan of reorganization for acceptance by claimants. Under the revised plan, and consistent with the additional charges recorded in 2010 referred to above, we expect to contribute an additional amount to the Trust, if and when the Bankruptcy Court confirms the plan, of cash and non-cash assets (including insurance proceeds) with a value in excess of $550 million. The Bankruptcy Court must find that the revised plan meets the requisite standards of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code before it confirms the plan. We expect that, if approved by claimants, confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court and upheld on any subsequent appeal, the revised reorganization plan will result in the District Court entering a permanent injunction directing pending claims, as well as future claims, alleging personal injury from exposure to Quigley products to the Trust, subject to the recent decision of the Second Circuit discussed below. There is no assurance that the plan will be approved by claimants or confirmed by the courts.

In April 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that the Bankruptcy Court’s preliminary injunction in the Quigley bankruptcy proceeding does not prohibit actions directly against Pfizer Inc. for alleged personal injury from exposure to Quigley products based on the “apparent manufacturer” theory of liability under Pennsylvania law. The Second Circuit’s decision is procedural and does not address the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims under Pennsylvania law. After the Second Circuit denied our petition for a rehearing, in September 2012, we filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a reversal of the Second Circuit’s decision. In July 2012, the Second Circuit had granted a stay of its decision while the U.S. Supreme Court considers our petition for certiorari.

In a separately negotiated transaction with an insurance company in August 2004, we agreed to a settlement related to certain insurance coverage which provides for payments to an insurance proceeds trust established by Pfizer and Quigley over a ten-year period of amounts totaling $405 million. Most of these insurance proceeds, as well as other payments from insurers that issued policies covering Pfizer and Quigley, would be paid, following confirmation, to the Trust for the benefit of present unsettled and future claimants with claims arising from exposure to Quigley products.
Other Matters
Between 1967 and 1982, Warner-Lambert owned American Optical Corporation, which manufactured and sold respiratory protective devices and asbestos safety clothing. In connection with the sale of American Optical in 1982, Warner-Lambert agreed to indemnify the purchaser for certain liabilities, including certain asbestos-related and other claims. As of September 30, 2012, approximately 66,400 claims naming American Optical and numerous other defendants were pending in various federal and state courts seeking damages for alleged personal injury from exposure to asbestos and other allegedly hazardous materials. Warner-Lambert is actively engaged in the defense of, and will continue to explore various means to resolve, these claims.

Warner-Lambert and American Optical brought suit in state court in New Jersey against the insurance carriers that provided coverage for the asbestos and other allegedly hazardous materials claims related to American Optical. A majority of the carriers subsequently agreed to pay for a portion of the costs of defending and resolving those claims. The litigation continues against the carriers who have disputed coverage or how costs should be allocated to their policies, and the court held that Warner-Lambert and American Optical are entitled to payment from each of those carriers of a proportionate share of the costs associated with those claims. Under New Jersey law, a special allocation master was appointed to implement certain aspects of the court’s rulings.

Numerous lawsuits are pending against Pfizer in various federal and state courts seeking damages for alleged personal injury from exposure to products containing asbestos and other allegedly hazardous materials sold by Gibsonburg Lime Products Company (Gibsonburg). Gibsonburg was acquired by Pfizer in the 1960s and sold products containing small amounts of asbestos until the early 1970s.

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Celebrex and Bextra

Securities and ERISA Actions

Beginning in late 2004, actions, including purported class actions, were filed in various federal and state courts against Pfizer, Pharmacia Corporation (Pharmacia) and certain current and former officers, directors and employees of Pfizer and Pharmacia. These actions include (i) purported class actions alleging that Pfizer and certain current and former officers of Pfizer violated federal securities laws by misrepresenting the safety of Celebrex and Bextra, and (ii) purported class actions filed by persons who claim to be participants in the Pfizer or Pharmacia Savings Plan alleging that Pfizer and certain current and former officers, directors and employees of Pfizer or, where applicable, Pharmacia and certain former officers, directors and employees of Pharmacia, violated certain provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) by selecting and maintaining Pfizer stock or Pharmacia stock as an investment alternative when it allegedly no longer was a suitable or prudent investment option. In June 2005, the federal securities and ERISA actions were transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to a Multi-District Litigation (In re Pfizer Inc. Securities, Derivative and "ERISA" Litigation MDL-1688) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the federal securities actions in the Multi-District Litigation, the court in March 2012 certified a class consisting of all persons who purchased or acquired Pfizer stock between October 31, 2000 and October 19, 2005.
 
Securities Action in New Jersey

In 2003, several class action complaints were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Pharmacia, Pfizer and certain former officers of Pharmacia. The plaintiffs sought damages, alleging that the defendants violated federal securities laws by misrepresenting the data from a study concerning the gastrointestinal effects of Celebrex. These cases were consolidated for pre-trial proceedings in the District of New Jersey (Alaska Electrical Pension Fund et al. v. Pharmacia Corporation et al.). In October 2012, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, which is subject to court approval, providing for the payment by Pfizer of $164 million.

Various Drugs: Off-Label Promotion Actions

Securities Action

In May 2010, a purported class action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Pfizer and several of our current and former officers. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated federal securities laws by making or causing Pfizer to make false statements, and by failing to disclose or causing Pfizer to fail to disclose material information, concerning the alleged off-label promotion of certain pharmaceutical products, alleged payments to physicians to promote the sale of those products and government investigations related thereto. Plaintiffs seek damages in an unspecified amount. In March 2012, the court certified a class consisting of all persons who purchased Pfizer common stock in the U.S. or on U.S. stock exchanges between January 19, 2006 and January 23, 2009 and were damaged as a result of the decline in the price of Pfizer common stock allegedly attributable to the claimed violations.

Actions by Health Care Service Corporation

In 2010, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), for itself and its affiliates, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, filed two actions against us: (i) an action, which was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that we engaged in deceptive marketing activities, including off-label promotion, and the payment of improper remuneration to healthcare professionals with respect to Bextra, and (ii) an action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that included substantially similar allegations regarding Geodon and Zyvox. In both actions, HCSC sought to recover the amounts that it paid for the specified drugs on behalf of its members in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as treble damages and punitive damages. As previously reported, in June 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered judgment dismissing with prejudice the action relating to Geodon and Zyvox, and the appeal period has expired. In August 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed with prejudice the action relating to Bextra, and the appeal period has expired.


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Hormone-Replacement Therapy

Personal Injury and Economic Loss Actions

Pfizer and certain wholly owned subsidiaries and limited liability companies, including Wyeth and King, along with several other pharmaceutical manufacturers, have been named as defendants in approximately 10,000 actions in various federal and state courts alleging personal injury or economic loss related to the use or purchase of certain estrogen and progestin medications prescribed for women to treat the symptoms of menopause. Although new actions are occasionally filed, the number of new actions was not significant in the third quarter of 2012, and we do not expect a substantial change in the rate of new actions being filed. Plaintiffs in these suits allege a variety of personal injuries, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, stroke and heart disease. Certain co-defendants in some of these actions have asserted indemnification rights against Pfizer and its affiliated companies. The cases against Pfizer and its affiliated companies involve one or more of the following products, all of which remain approved by the FDA: femhrt (which Pfizer divested in 2003); Activella and Vagifem (which are Novo Nordisk products that were marketed by a Pfizer affiliate from 2000 to 2004); Premarin, Prempro, Aygestin, Cycrin and Premphase (which are legacy Wyeth products); and Provera, Ogen, Depo-Estradiol, Estring and generic MPA (which are legacy Pharmacia & Upjohn products). The federal cases have been transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to a Multi-­District Litigation (In re Prempro Products Liability Litigation MDL-1507) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Certain of the federal cases have been remanded to their respective District Courts for further proceedings including, if necessary, trial.
 
This litigation consists of individual actions, a few purported statewide class actions and a purported provincewide class action in Quebec, Canada, a statewide class action in California and a nationwide class action in Canada. In March 2011, in an action against Wyeth seeking the refund of the purchase price paid for Wyeth’s hormone-replacement therapy products by individuals in the State of California during the period from January 1995 to January 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California certified a class consisting of all individual purchasers of such products in California who actually heard or read Wyeth’s alleged misrepresentations regarding such products. This is the only hormone-replacement therapy action to date against Pfizer and its affiliated companies in the U.S. in which a class has been certified. In addition, in August 2011, in an action against Wyeth seeking damages for personal injury, the Supreme Court of British Columbia certified a class consisting of all women who were prescribed Premplus and/or Premarin in combination with progestin in Canada between January 1, 1997 and December 1, 2003 and who thereafter were diagnosed with breast cancer.

Pfizer and its affiliated companies have prevailed in many of the hormone-replacement therapy actions that have been resolved to date, whether by voluntary dismissal by the plaintiffs, summary judgment, defense verdict or judgment notwithstanding the verdict; a number of these cases have been appealed by the plaintiffs. Certain other hormone-replacement therapy actions have resulted in verdicts for the plaintiffs and have included the award of compensatory and, in some instances, punitive damages; each of these cases has been appealed by Pfizer and/or its affiliated companies. The decisions in a few of the cases that had been appealed by Pfizer and/or its affiliated companies or by the plaintiffs have been upheld by the appellate courts, while several other cases that had been appealed by Pfizer and/or its affiliated companies or by the plaintiffs have been remanded by the appellate courts to their respective trial courts for further proceedings. Trials of additional hormone-replacement therapy actions are underway or scheduled in 2012.

Most of the unresolved actions against Pfizer and/or its affiliated companies have been outstanding for more than five years and could take many more years to resolve. However, opportunistic settlements could occur at any time. The litigation process is time-consuming, as every hormone-replacement action being litigated involves contested issues of medical causation and knowledge of risk. Even though the vast majority of hormone-replacement therapy actions concern breast cancer, the underlying facts (e.g., medical causation, family history, reliance on warnings, physician/patient interaction, analysis of labels, actual, provable injury and other critical factors) can differ significantly from action to action, and the process of discovery has not yet begun for a majority of the unresolved actions. In addition, the hormone-replacement therapy litigation involves fundamental issues of science and medicine that often are uncertain and continue to evolve. Key scientific court rulings may have a significant impact on the litigation as a whole. An integral part of the litigation process involves understanding the evolving science, as well as seeking key scientific rulings. We do not know how the science may evolve, how the courts will rule on key motions or which unresolved actions will be impacted by these scientific matters.

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with respect to the actions that have resulted in verdicts against us or our affiliated companies, of approximately $1.1 billion. In addition, we have recorded aggregate charges of $535 million that provide for the expected costs to resolve all remaining hormone-replacement therapy actions against Pfizer and its affiliated companies, excluding the class actions and purported class actions referred to above. The $535 million charges are an estimate and, while we cannot reasonably estimate the range of reasonably possible loss in excess of the amounts accrued for these contingencies given the uncertainties inherent in this product liability litigation, as described above, additional charges may be required in the future.

Government Inquiries; Action by the State of Nevada

Pfizer and/or its affiliated companies also have received inquiries from various federal and state agencies and officials relating to the marketing of their hormone-replacement products. In November 2008, the State of Nevada filed an action against Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn Company and Wyeth in state court in Nevada alleging that they had engaged in deceptive marketing of their respective hormone-replacement therapy medications in Nevada in violation of the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The action seeks monetary relief, including civil penalties and treble damages. In February 2010, the action was dismissed by the court on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired. In July 2011, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed the dismissal and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings.
 
Effexor

Personal Injury Actions

A number of individual lawsuits and multi-plaintiff lawsuits have been filed against us and/or our subsidiaries in various federal and state courts alleging personal injury as a result of the purported ingestion of Effexor.

Antitrust Actions

Beginning in May 2011, actions, including purported class actions, were filed in various federal courts against Wyeth and, in certain of the actions, affiliates of Wyeth and certain other defendants relating to Effexor XR, which is the extended-release formulation of Effexor. The plaintiffs in each of the class actions seek to represent a class consisting of all persons in the U.S. and its territories who directly purchased, indirectly purchased or reimbursed patients for the purchase of Effexor XR or generic Effexor XR from any of the defendants from June 14, 2008 until the time the defendants’ allegedly unlawful conduct ceased. The plaintiffs in all of the actions allege delay in the launch of generic Effexor XR in the U.S. and its territories, in violation of federal antitrust laws and, in certain of the actions, the antitrust, consumer protection and various other laws of certain states, as the result of Wyeth fraudulently obtaining and improperly listing certain patents for Effexor XR, enforcing certain patents for Effexor XR, and entering into a litigation settlement agreement with a generic manufacturer with respect to Effexor XR. Each of the plaintiffs seeks treble damages (for itself in the individual actions or on behalf of the putative class in the purported class actions) for alleged price overcharges for Effexor XR or generic Effexor XR in the U.S. and its territories since June 14, 2008. All of these actions have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. In October 2012, the court stayed these actions pending the review by the U.S. Supreme Court of an action, to which the Company is not a party, involving a similar legal issue.

Zoloft
A number of individual lawsuits and multi-plaintiff lawsuits have been filed against us and/or our subsidiaries in various federal and state courts alleging personal injury as a result of the purported ingestion of Zoloft. Among other types of actions, the Zoloft personal injury litigation includes actions alleging a variety of birth defects as a result of the purported ingestion of Zoloft by women during pregnancy. Plaintiffs in these birth-defect actions seek compensatory and punitive damages and the disgorgement of profits resulting from the sale of Zoloft. In April 2012, the federal birth-defect cases were transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to a Multi-District Litigation (In re Zoloft Products Liability Litigation MDL-2342) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Neurontin

Off-Label Promotion Actions in the U.S.

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nationwide and certain statewide classes consisting of persons, including individuals, health insurers, employee benefit plans and other third-party payers, who purchased or reimbursed patients for the purchase of Neurontin that allegedly was used for indications other than those included in the product labeling approved by the FDA. In 2004, many of the suits pending in federal courts, including individual actions as well as purported class actions, were transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to a Multi-District Litigation (In re Neurontin Marketing, Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation MDL-1629) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

In the Multi-District Litigation, in 2009, the court denied the plaintiffs’ renewed motion for certification of a nationwide class of all consumers and third-party payers who allegedly purchased or reimbursed patients for the purchase of Neurontin for off-label uses from 1994 through 2004. In May 2011, the court denied a motion to reconsider its class certification ruling.
 
In 2010, the Multi-District Litigation court partially granted our motion for summary judgment, dismissing the claims of all of the proposed class representatives for third-party payers and four of the six proposed class representatives for individual consumers. In June 2011, three third-party payer proposed class representatives appealed both the dismissal and the denial of class certification to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Also in the Multi-District Litigation, in February 2011, a third-party payer who was not included in the proposed class action appealed a dismissal order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Plaintiffs are seeking certification of statewide classes of Neurontin purchasers in actions pending in California and Illinois State courts in New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri and New Mexico have declined to certify statewide classes of Neurontin purchasers. An appeal of the denial of class certification filed in November 2011 by the plaintiff in the Missouri action and a proposed intervenor has been dismissed.

In January 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered an order trebling a jury verdict against us in an action by a third-party payer seeking damages for the alleged off-label promotion of Neurontin in violation of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The verdict was for approximately $47.4 million, which was subject to automatic trebling to $142.1 million under the RICO Act. In November 2010, the court had entered a separate verdict against us in the amount of $65.4 million together with prejudgment interest, under California’s Unfair Trade Practices law relating to the same alleged conduct, which amount is included within and is not additional to the $142.1 million trebled amount of the jury verdict. In August 2011, we appealed the District Court’s judgment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Personal Injury Actions in the U.S. and Certain Other Countries

A number of individual lawsuits have been filed against us in various U.S. federal and state courts and in certain other countries alleging suicide, attempted suicide and other personal injuries as a result of the purported ingestion of Neurontin. Certain of the U.S. federal actions have been transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to the same Multi-District Litigation referred to in the first paragraph of this section.

In addition, purported class actions were filed against us in various Canadian provincial courts alleging claims arising from the promotion, sale and labeling of Neurontin and generic Neurontin. In February 2010, in a proceeding pending in Ontario, Canada, the court certified a class consisting of all persons in Canada, except in Quebec, who purchased and ingested Neurontin prior to August 2004. The plaintiffs claimed that Pfizer failed to provide adequate warning of the alleged risks of personal injury associated with Neurontin. Two purported provincewide class actions filed in Quebec that raise substantially the same allegations were included in the class action pending in Ontario by agreement of the parties and orders of both the Quebec and Ontario courts. In November 2012, the parties entered into an agreement-in-principle to resolve this matter that provides for the payment by Pfizer of (Can.) $4.8 million. The resolution is subject to the execution of a final settlement agreement by the parties and to court approval.

Antitrust Action in the U.S.

In January 2011, in a Multi-District Litigation (In re Neurontin Antitrust Litigation MDL-1479) that consolidates four actions, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey certified a nationwide class consisting of wholesalers and other entities who purchased Neurontin directly from Pfizer and Warner-Lambert during the period from December 11, 2002 to August 31, 2008 and who also purchased generic gabapentin after it became available. The complaints allege that Pfizer and Warner-

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Lambert engaged in anticompetitive conduct in violation of the Sherman Act that included, among other things, submitting patents for listing in the Orange Book and prosecuting and enforcing certain patents relating to Neurontin, as well as engaging in off-label marketing of Neurontin. Plaintiffs seek compensatory damages on behalf of the class, which may be subject to trebling.

Lipitor

Whistleblower Action

In 2004, a former employee filed a “whistleblower” action against us in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The complaint remained under seal until September 2007, at which time the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York declined to intervene in the case. We were served with the complaint in December 2007. Plaintiff alleges off-label promotion of Lipitor in violation of the Federal Civil False Claims Act and the false claims acts of certain states, and he seeks treble damages and civil penalties on behalf of the federal government and the specified states as the result of their purchase, or reimbursement of patients for the purchase, of Lipitor allegedly for such off-label uses. Plaintiff also seeks compensation as a whistleblower under those federal and state statutes. In addition, plaintiff alleges that he was wrongfully terminated, in violation of the anti-retaliation provisions of applicable federal and New York law, and he seeks damages and the reinstatement of his employment. In 2009, the court dismissed without prejudice the off-label promotion claims and, in 2010, plaintiff filed an amended complaint containing off-label promotion allegations that are substantially similar to the allegations in the original complaint.
 
Antitrust Actions

Beginning in November 2011, purported class actions relating to Lipitor were filed in various federal and state courts against Pfizer, certain affiliates of Pfizer, and, in most of the actions, Ranbaxy, among others; the state court action subsequently was removed to federal court. The plaintiffs in these various actions seek to represent nationwide, multi-state or statewide classes consisting of persons or entities who directly purchased, indirectly purchased or reimbursed patients for the purchase of  Lipitor (or, in certain of the actions, generic Lipitor) from any of the defendants from March 2010 until the cessation of the defendants’ allegedly unlawful conduct (the Class Period). The plaintiffs allege delay in the launch of generic Lipitor, in violation of federal antitrust laws and/or state antitrust, consumer protection and various other laws, resulting from (i) the 2008 agreement pursuant to which Pfizer and Ranbaxy settled certain patent litigation involving Lipitor, and Pfizer granted Ranbaxy a license to sell a generic version of Lipitor in various markets beginning on varying dates, and (ii) in certain of the actions, the procurement and/or enforcement of certain patents for Lipitor. Each of the actions seeks, among other things, treble damages on behalf of the putative class for alleged price overcharges for Lipitor (or, in certain of the actions, generic Lipitor) during the Class Period. In addition, individual actions have been filed against Pfizer, Ranbaxy and certain of their affiliates, among others, that assert claims and seek relief for the plaintiffs that are substantially similar to the claims asserted and the relief sought in the purported class actions described above. These various actions have been consolidated for pre-trial proceedings in a Multi-District Litigation (In re Lipitor Antitrust Litigation MDL-2332) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Chantix/Champix

Actions in the U.S.

A number of individual lawsuits have been filed against us in various federal and state courts alleging suicide, attempted suicide and other personal injuries as a result of the purported ingestion of Chantix, as well as economic loss. Plaintiffs in these actions seek compensatory and punitive damages and the disgorgement of profits resulting from the sale of Chantix. In October 2009, the federal cases were transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to a Multi-District Litigation (In re Chantix (Varenicline) Products Liability Litigation MDL-2092) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Actions in Canada

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of the putative class, seeks monetary relief, including punitive damages. In June 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the Ontario proceeding as a class action, defining the class as consisting of the following: (i) all persons in Canada who ingested Champix during the period from April 2, 2007 to May 31, 2010 and who experienced at least one of a number of specified neuropsychiatric adverse events; (ii) all persons who are entitled to assert claims in respect of Champix pursuant to Canadian legislation as the result of their relationship with a class member; and (iii) all health insurers who are entitled to assert claims in respect of Champix pursuant to Canadian legislation. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the class against Pfizer Canada Inc. only and ruled that the action against Pfizer Inc. should be stayed until after the trial of the issues that are common to the class members. The actions in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia have been stayed in favor of the Ontario action, which is proceeding on a national basis.

Bapineuzumab
In June 2010, a purported class action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Pfizer, as successor to Wyeth, and several former officers of Wyeth. The complaint alleges that Wyeth and the individual defendants violated federal securities laws by making or causing Wyeth to make false and misleading statements, and by failing to disclose or causing Wyeth to fail to disclose material information, concerning the results of a clinical trial involving bapineuzumab, a product in development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The plaintiff seeks to represent a class consisting of all persons who purchased Wyeth securities from May 21, 2007 through July 2008 and seeks damages in an unspecified amount on behalf of the putative class. In February 2012, the court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint. In March 2012, the plaintiff filed a motion seeking the court’s permission to file an amended complaint.

In July 2010, a related action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Elan Corporation (Elan), certain directors and officers of Elan, and Pfizer, as successor to Wyeth. Elan participated in the development of bapineuzumab until September 2009. The complaint alleges that Elan, Wyeth and the individual defendants violated federal securities laws by making or causing Elan to make false and misleading statements, and by failing to disclose or causing Elan to fail to disclose material information, concerning the results of a clinical trial involving bapineuzumab. The plaintiff seeks to represent a class consisting of all persons who purchased Elan call options from June 17, 2008 through July 29, 2008 and seeks damages in an unspecified amount on behalf of the putative class. In June 2011, the court granted Pfizer’s and Elan’s motions to dismiss the complaint. In July 2011, the plaintiff filed a supplemental memorandum setting forth the bases that the plaintiff believed supported amendment of the complaint. In August 2011, the court dismissed the complaint with prejudice. In September 2011, the plaintiff appealed the District Court’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Thimerosal
Wyeth is a defendant in a number of suits by or on behalf of vaccine recipients alleging that exposure through vaccines to cumulative doses of thimerosal, a preservative used in certain childhood vaccines formerly manufactured and distributed by Wyeth and other vaccine manufacturers, caused severe neurological damage and/or autism in children. While several suits were filed as purported nationwide or statewide class actions, all of the purported class actions have been dismissed, either by the courts or voluntarily by the plaintiffs. In addition to the suits alleging injury from exposure to thimerosal, certain of the cases were brought by parents in their individual capacities for, among other things, loss of services and loss of consortium of the injured child.

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (the Vaccine Act) requires that persons alleging injury from childhood vaccines first file a petition in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims asserting a vaccine-related injury. At the conclusion of that proceeding, petitioners may bring a lawsuit against the manufacturer in federal or state court, provided that they have satisfied certain procedural requirements. Also under the terms of the Vaccine Act, if a petition has not been adjudicated by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims within a specified time period after filing, the petitioner may opt out of the proceeding and pursue a lawsuit against the manufacturer by following certain procedures. Some of the vaccine recipients who have sued Wyeth to date may not have satisfied the conditions to filing a lawsuit that are mandated by the Vaccine Act. The claims brought by parents for, among other things, loss of services and loss of consortium of the injured child are not covered by the Vaccine Act.

In 2002, the Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims established an Omnibus Autism Proceeding with jurisdiction over petitions in which vaccine recipients claim to suffer from autism or autism spectrum disorder as a result of receiving thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and/or the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. There currently are several thousand petitions pending in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding. Special masters of the court have heard six test cases on petitioners’ theories that either thimerosal-containing vaccines in combination with the MMR vaccine or thimerosal-containing vaccines alone can cause autism or autism spectrum disorder.

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In February 2009, special masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims rejected the three cases brought on the theory that a combination of MMR and thimerosal-containing vaccines caused petitioners’ conditions. After these rulings were affirmed by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, two of them were appealed by petitioners to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In 2010, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decisions of the special masters in both of these cases.
In March 2010, special masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims rejected the three additional test cases brought on the theory that thimerosal-containing vaccines alone caused petitioners’ conditions. Petitioners did not seek review by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of the decisions of the special masters in these latter three test cases, and judgments were entered dismissing the cases in April 2010.
Petitioners in each of the six test cases have filed an election to bring a civil action.

Pristiq
In November 2007, a class action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Wyeth and certain former officers of Wyeth. An amended complaint was filed in April 2008 naming certain additional former officers and certain employees of Wyeth as defendants. The amended complaint alleged that the defendants violated federal securities laws by misrepresenting the safety of Pristiq during the period before the FDA’s issuance in July 2007 of an “approvable letter” for Pristiq for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms. The plaintiff sought unspecified damages on behalf of the class. In September 2012, the court certified a class consisting of all persons who purchased Wyeth common stock from June 26, 2006 to July 24, 2007. In November 2012, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, which is subject to court approval, providing for the payment by Wyeth of $67.5 million.
 
Rebif
We have an exclusive collaboration agreement with EMD Serono, Inc. (Serono) to co-promote Rebif, a treatment for multiple sclerosis, in the U.S. In August 2011, Serono filed a complaint in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas seeking a declaratory judgment that we are not entitled to a 24-month extension of the Rebif co-promotion agreement, which otherwise would terminate at the end of 2013. We disagree with Serono's interpretation of the agreement and believe that we have the right to extend the agreement to the end of 2015. In October 2011, the court sustained our preliminary objections and dismissed Serono’s complaint, and Serono has appealed the decision to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
 
Various Drugs: Co-Pay Programs
In March 2012, a purported class action was filed against Pfizer and Amgen Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs seek to represent a class consisting of all entities in the U.S. and its territories that have reimbursed patients for the purchase of certain Pfizer drugs for which co-pay programs exist or have existed. The plaintiffs allege that these programs violate the federal RICO Act and federal antitrust law by, among other things, providing an incentive for patients to use certain Pfizer drugs rather than less-expensive competitor products, thereby increasing the payers’ reimbursement costs. The plaintiffs seek treble damages on behalf of the putative class for their excess reimbursement costs allegedly attributable to the co-pay programs as well as an injunction prohibiting us from offering such programs. In May and July 2012, respectively, substantially similar purported class actions were filed against Pfizer in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of Illinois. In August 2012, the action in the Eastern District of New York was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. In October 2012, the action in the Southern District of Illinois was stayed pending the outcome of the action in the Southern District of New York. In October 2012, the plaintiffs in the action in the Southern District of New York voluntarily dismissed Amgen as a defendant. Similar purported class actions have been filed against several other pharmaceutical companies.

C. Commercial and Other Matters

Acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
In October 2010, several purported class action complaints were filed in state court in Tennessee by shareholders of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (King) challenging Pfizer’s acquisition of King. King and the individuals who served as the members of King’s Board of Directors at the time of the execution of the merger agreement are named as defendants in all of these actions. Pfizer and Parker Tennessee Corp., a subsidiary of Pfizer, also are named as defendants in most of these actions.

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as a result of certain disclosures regarding the transaction made by King in its amended Schedule 14D-9 recommendation statement for the tender offer dated January 21, 2011. The proposed settlement is subject to, among other things, court approval.

Average Wholesale Price Litigation
Pfizer, certain of its subsidiaries and other pharmaceutical manufacturers are defendants in actions in various state courts by a number of states, as well as one purported class action by certain employee benefit plans and other third-party payers, alleging that the defendants provided average wholesale price (AWP) information for certain of their products that was higher than the actual average prices at which those products were sold. The AWP is used to determine reimbursement levels under Medicare Part B and Medicaid and in many private-sector insurance policies and medical plans. The plaintiffs claim that the alleged spread between the AWPs at which purchasers were reimbursed and the actual sale prices was promoted by the defendants as an incentive to purchase certain of their products. In addition to suing on their own behalf, some of the plaintiff states seek to recover on behalf of individuals, private-sector insurance companies and medical plans in their states. These various actions allege, among other things, fraud, unfair competition, unfair trade practices and the violation of consumer protection statutes, and seek monetary and other relief, including civil penalties and treble damages.

Monsanto-Related Matters
In 1997, Monsanto Company (Former Monsanto) contributed certain chemical manufacturing operations and facilities to a newly formed corporation, Solutia Inc. (Solutia), and spun off the shares of Solutia. In 2000, Former Monsanto merged with Pharmacia & Upjohn Company to form Pharmacia Corporation (Pharmacia). Pharmacia then transferred its agricultural operations to a newly created subsidiary, named Monsanto Company (New Monsanto), which it spun off in a two-stage process that was completed in 2002. Pharmacia was acquired by Pfizer in 2003 and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer.

In connection with its spin-off that was completed in 2002, New Monsanto assumed, and agreed to indemnify Pharmacia for, any liabilities related to Pharmacia’s former agricultural business. New Monsanto is defending and indemnifying Pharmacia in connection with various claims and litigation arising out of, or related to, the agricultural business.

In connection with its spin-off in 1997, Solutia assumed, and agreed to indemnify Pharmacia for, liabilities related to Former Monsanto's chemical businesses. As the result of its reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Solutia’s indemnification obligations related to Former Monsanto’s chemical businesses are limited to sites that Solutia has owned or operated. In addition, in connection with its spinoff that was completed in 2002, New Monsanto assumed, and agreed to indemnify Pharmacia for, any liabilities primarily related to Former Monsanto's chemical businesses, including, but not limited to, any such liabilities that Solutia assumed. Solutia's and New Monsanto's assumption of and agreement to indemnify Pharmacia for these liabilities apply to pending actions and any future actions related to Former Monsanto's chemical businesses in which Pharmacia is named as a defendant, including, without limitation, actions asserting environmental claims, including alleged exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls. Solutia and New Monsanto are defending and indemnifying Pharmacia in connection with various claims and litigation arising out of, or related to, Former Monsanto’s chemical businesses.

Trade Secrets Action in California
In 2004, Ischemia Research and Education Foundation (IREF) and its chief executive officer brought an action in California Superior Court, Santa Clara County, against a former IREF employee and Pfizer. Plaintiffs allege that defendants conspired to misappropriate certain information from IREF’s allegedly proprietary database in order to assist Pfizer in designing and executing a clinical study of a Pfizer drug. In 2008, the jury returned a verdict for compensatory damages of approximately $38.7 million. In March 2009, the court awarded prejudgment interest, but declined to award punitive damages. In July 2009, the court granted our motion for a new trial and vacated the jury verdict. In August 2009, IREF appealed the trial court’s decision to the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District.
 
Environmental Matters
In 2009, we submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a corrective measures study report with regard to Pharmacia Corporation's discontinued industrial chemical facility in North Haven, Connecticut and a revised site-wide feasibility study with regard to Wyeth’s discontinued industrial chemical facility in Bound Brook, New Jersey. In September 2010, our corrective measures study report with regard to the North Haven facility was approved by the EPA, and we commenced construction of the site remedy in late 2011 under an Updated Administrative Order on Consent with the EPA. In July 2011, we finalized an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Removal Action with the EPA with regard to the Bound Brook facility and commenced construction of an interim remedy to address the discharge of impacted groundwater from that facility to the Raritan River. In September 2012, the EPA issued a final remediation plan for the Bound

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Brook facility's main plant area, which is generally in accordance with one of the remedies evaluated in our revised site-wide feasibility study. The estimated costs of the site remedy for the North Haven facility and the site remediation for the Bound Brook facility are covered by accruals previously taken by us.

We are a party to a number of other proceedings brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA or Superfund), and other state, local or foreign laws in which the primary relief sought is the cost of past and/or future remediation.

In February 2011, King received notice from theDOJ advising that the EPA has requested that DOJ initiate enforcement action seeking injunctive relief and penalties against King for alleged non-compliance with certain provisions of the federal Clean Air Act at its Bristol, Tennessee manufacturing facility. King has executed a tolling agreement with the DOJ in order to facilitate the possible resolution of this matter. We do not expect that any injunctive relief or penalties that may result from this matter will be material to Pfizer.

In October 2011, we voluntarily disclosed to the EPA potential non-compliance with certain provisions of the federal Clean Air Act at our Barceloneta, Puerto Rico manufacturing facility. We do not expect that any injunctive relief or penalties that may result from our voluntary disclosure will be material to Pfizer. Separately, in October 2012, the EPA issued an administrative complaint and penalty demand of $216,000 to resolve alleged non-compliance with similar provisions of the federal Clean Air Act that the EPA identified as part of its March 2010 inspection of the Baceloneta facility. We are reviewing the complaint and expect to engage in settlement discussions with the EPA in the near future.

D. Government Investigations
 
Like other pharmaceutical companies, we are subject to extensive regulation by national, state and local government agencies in the U.S. and in the other countries in which we operate. As a result, we have interactions with government agencies on an ongoing basis. Among the investigations by government agencies are those discussed below. It is possible that criminal charges and substantial fines and/or civil penalties could result from government investigations in addition to the criminal charges, fines and civil penalties discussed below.
 
In mid-August 2012, Wyeth entered into an agreement-in-principle with the DOJ to resolve the previously reported criminal investigation regarding Wyeth's promotional practices with respect to Protonix prior to Wyeth's acquisition by Pfizer in October 2009. Under the agreement-in-principle, Wyeth will pay $55 million in civil disgorgement under the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, plus interest, to resolve the DOJ's allegations, which relate to the time period from February 2000 through June 2001. Wyeth will not admit to any wrongdoing. The resolution is subject to the execution of a final settlement agreement by the parties, which is expected to occur in the coming months.

The DOJ is conducting a civil investigation regarding Wyeth’s practices relating to the pricing for Protonix for Medicaid rebate purposes prior to Wyeth's acquisition by Pfizer. In 2009, the DOJ filed a civil complaint in intervention in two qui tam actions that had been filed under seal in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The complaint alleges that Wyeth’s practices relating to the pricing for Protonix for Medicaid rebate purposes between 2001 and 2006 violated the Federal Civil False Claims Act and federal common law. The two qui tam actions have been unsealed and the complaints include substantially similar allegations. In addition, in 2009, several states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint under the same docket number asserting violations of various state laws based on allegations substantially similar to those set forth in the civil complaint filed by the DOJ. We are exploring with the DOJ various ways to resolve this matter.

In October 2012, Wyeth entered into an agreement-in-principle with the DOJ to resolve the previously reported civil and criminal investigation with respect to Wyeth's promotional practices relating to Rapamune prior to Wyeth's acquisition by Pfizer. Under the agreement-in-principle, we will pay approximately $257 million to resolve the civil allegations and approximately $234 million to resolve the criminal allegations, and Wyeth will plead guilty to a misdemeanor misbranding offense under the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The resolution is subject to the execution of final settlement agreements by the parties, which is expected to occur in the coming months. In connection with the agreement-in-principle, we recorded a charge of $491 million, which is not deductible for income tax purposes, in the third quarter of 2012.

We received civil investigative demands and informal inquiries from the consumer protection divisions of several states seeking information and documents concerning the promotion of Lyrica and Zyvox. These requests relate to the same past promotional practices concerning these products that were the subject of previously reported settlements in September 2009 with the DOJ

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and the Medicaid fraud control units of various states. In October 2012, we entered into an agreement-in-principle to resolve this matter, pursuant to which we will pay approximately $43 million and not admit to any wrongdoing. The resolution is subject to the execution of final settlement agreements by the parties, which is expected to occur in the coming months.

GUARANTEES AND INDEMNIFICATIONS

In the ordinary course of business and in connection with the sale of assets and businesses, we often indemnify our counterparties against certain liabilities that may arise in connection with the transaction or related to activities prior to the transaction. These indemnifications typically pertain to environmental, tax, employee and/or product-related matters and patent-infringement claims. If the indemnified party were to make a successful claim pursuant to the terms of the indemnification, we would be required to reimburse the loss. These indemnifications are generally subject to threshold amounts, specified claim periods and other restrictions and limitations. Historically, we have not paid significant amounts under these provisions and, as of September 30, 2012, recorded amounts for the estimated fair value of these indemnifications are not significant. See also Note 1C. Basis of Presentation and Significant Policies: Fair Value.

Note 13. Segment, Geographic and Other Revenue Information

A. Segment Information

We manage our operations through five operating segments––Primary Care, Specialty Care and Oncology, Established Products and Emerging Markets, Animal Health, and Consumer Healthcare. (As of the third quarter of 2012, the Animal Health and Consumer Healthcare business units are no longer managed as a single operating segment.) Each operating segment has responsibility for its commercial activities and for certain research and development activities related to in-line products and IPR&D projects that generally have achieved proof-of-concept.
 
On April 23, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé. As a result, beginning in the second quarter of 2012, we report the operating results of the Nutrition business as Discontinued operations––net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income for all periods presented. The transaction also includes the sale of certain prenatal multivitamins currently commercialized by the Pfizer Consumer Healthcare business unit. The operating results of this product line are also included in Discontinued operations––net of tax for all periods presented. See Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures.

We regularly review our segments and the approach used by management to evaluate performance and allocate resources.

Operating Segments

A description of each of our five operating segments follows:
Primary Care operating segment––includes revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from human pharmaceutical products primarily prescribed by primary-care physicians, and may include products in the following therapeutic and disease areas: Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular (excluding pulmonary arterial hypertension), erectile dysfunction, genitourinary, major depressive disorder, pain, respiratory and smoking cessation. Examples of products in this unit include Celebrex, Chantix/Champix, Lipitor (in certain EU countries and in Australia and New Zealand), Lyrica, Premarin, Pristiq and Viagra. All revenues and earnings for such products are allocated to the Primary Care unit, except those generated in Emerging Markets and those that are managed by the Established Products unit.
Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment––comprises the Specialty Care business unit and the Oncology business unit.
Specialty Care––includes revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from human pharmaceutical products primarily prescribed by physicians who are specialists, and may include products in the following therapeutic and disease areas: anti-infectives, endocrine disorders, hemophilia, inflammation, ophthalmology, pulmonary arterial hypertension, specialty neuroscience and vaccines. Examples of products in this unit include BeneFIX, Enbrel, Genotropin, Geodon, the Prevnar/Prevenar franchise, ReFacto AF, Revatio, Tygacil, Vfend (outside the U.S. and South Korea), Vyndaqel (outside the U.S.), Xalatan (outside the U.S., Canada and South Korea), Xyntha and Zyvox. All revenues and earnings for such products are allocated to

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the Specialty Care unit, except those generated in Emerging Markets and those that are managed by the Established Products unit.
Oncology–– includes revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from human prescription pharmaceutical products addressing oncology and oncology-related illnesses. The products in this unit include Inlyta, Sutent, Torisel, Xalkori and, as of September 4, 2012, Bosulif in the U.S. All revenues and earnings for such products are allocated to the Oncology unit, except those generated in Emerging Markets and those that are managed by the Established Products unit.
Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment––comprises the Established Products business unit and the Emerging Markets business unit.
Established Products––generally includes revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from human prescription pharmaceutical products that have lost patent protection or marketing exclusivity in certain countries and/or regions. Typically, products are transferred to this unit in the beginning of the fiscal year following loss of patent protection or marketing exclusivity. In certain situations, products may be transferred to this unit at a different point than the beginning of the fiscal year following loss of patent protection or marketing exclusivity in order to maximize their value. This unit also excludes revenues and earnings generated in Emerging Markets. Examples of products in this unit include Arthrotec, Effexor, Lipitor (in the U.S., Canada, South Korea and Japan), Medrol, Norvasc, Protonix, Relpax, Vfend (in the U.S. and South Korea), Xalatan (in the U.S., Canada and South Korea) and Zosyn/Tazocin.
Emerging Markets––includes revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from all human prescription pharmaceutical products sold in Emerging Markets, including Asia (excluding Japan and South Korea), Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey.
Animal Health operating segment––includes worldwide revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from products and services to prevent and treat disease in livestock and companion animals, including anti-infectives, vaccines, parasiticides, medicinal feed additives, other pharmaceutical products and other non-pharmaceutical products.
Consumer Healthcare operating segment––generally includes worldwide revenues and earnings, as defined by management, from non-prescription products in the following therapeutic categories: dietary supplements, pain management, respiratory and personal care. Products marketed by Consumer Healthcare include Advil, Caltrate, Centrum, ChapStick, Emergen-C, Preparation H and Robitussin.
 
Our chief operating decision maker uses the revenues and earnings of the five operating segments, among other factors, for performance evaluation and resource allocation. For the operating segments that comprise more than one business unit, a single segment manager has responsibility for those business units.

Other Costs and Business Activities
 
Certain costs are not allocated to our operating segment results, such as costs associated with the following:
Worldwide Research and Development (WRD), which is generally responsible for human health research projects until proof-of-concept is achieved and then for transitioning those projects to the appropriate business unit for possible clinical and commercial development. R&D spending may include upfront and milestone payments for intellectual property rights. This organization also has responsibility for certain science-based and other platform-services organizations, which provide technical expertise and other services to the various R&D projects. WRD is also responsible for all human-health-related regulatory submissions and interactions with regulatory agencies, including all safety-event activities.
Pfizer Medical is responsible for external affairs relating to all therapeutic areas, providing Pfizer-related medical information to healthcare providers, patients and other parties, and quality assurance and regulatory compliance activities, which include conducting clinical trial audits and readiness reviews.
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worldwide technology. These costs also include compensation costs and other miscellaneous operating expenses not charged to our operating segments, as well as interest income and expense.
Certain transactions and events such as (i) purchase accounting adjustments, where we incur expenses associated with the amortization of fair value adjustments to inventory, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment; (ii) acquisition-related activities, where we incur costs for restructuring, integration, implementation and executing the transaction; and (iii) certain significant items, which include non-acquisition-related restructuring costs, as well as costs incurred for legal settlements, asset impairments and sales of assets or businesses.

Segment Assets

We manage our assets on a total company basis, not by operating segment, as many of our operating assets are shared (such as our plant network assets) or commingled (such as accounts receivable, as many of our customers are served by multiple operating segments). Therefore, our chief operating decision maker does not regularly review any asset information by operating segment and, accordingly, we do not report asset information by operating segment. Total assets were approximately $183 billion as of September 30, 2012 and approximately $188 billion as of December 31, 2011.


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Selected income statement information

The following table provides selected income statement information by reportable segment:
 
 
Revenues
 
R&D Expenses
 
Earnings(a)
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reportable Segments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary Care(b)
 
$
3,610

 
$
5,948

 
$
247

 
$
286

 
$
2,112

 
$
4,156

Specialty Care and Oncology
 
3,735

 
4,131

 
345

 
400

 
2,630

 
2,678

Established Products and Emerging Markets(c)
 
4,772

 
4,668

 
84

 
71

 
2,673

 
2,432

Total reportable segments
 
12,117

 
14,747

 
676

 
757

 
7,415

 
9,266

Other operating segments(d)
 
1,797

 
1,808

 
357

 
98

 
328

 
595

Other business activities(e)
 
62

 
54

 
656

 
834

 
(673
)
 
(856
)
Reconciling Items:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Corporate(f)
 

 

 
230

 
308

 
(1,382
)
 
(1,847
)
Purchase accounting adjustments(g)
 

 

 
(1
)
 
(3
)
 
(1,141
)
 
(1,698
)
Acquisition-related costs(h)
 

 

 

 
6

 
(229
)
 
(293
)
Certain significant items(i)
 

 

 
47

 
149

 
(1,158
)
 
(1,309
)
Other unallocated(j)
 

 

 
16

 
27

 
(169
)
 
(317
)
 
 
$
13,976

 
$
16,609

 
$
1,981

 
$
2,176

 
$
2,991

 
$
3,541

Nine Months Ended
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Reportable Segments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary Care(b)
 
$
11,725

 
$
17,259

 
$
739

 
$
912

 
$
7,399

 
$
11,513

Specialty Care and Oncology
 
11,423

 
12,407

 
1,044

 
1,122

 
7,883

 
8,137

Established Products and Emerging Markets(c)
 
15,173

 
13,945

 
223

 
206

 
8,926

 
7,397

Total reportable segments
 
38,321

 
43,611

 
2,006

 
2,240

 
24,208

 
27,047

Other operating segments(d)
 
5,404

 
5,296

 
551

 
304

 
1,423

 
1,593

Other business activities(e)
 
193

 
211

 
2,001

 
2,538

 
(2,028
)
 
(2,558
)
Reconciling Items:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Corporate(f)
 

 

 
746

 
945

 
(4,805
)
 
(5,526
)
Purchase accounting adjustments(g)
 

 

 
(3
)
 

 
(3,752
)
 
(5,197
)
Acquisition-related costs(h)
 

 

 
5

 
9

 
(650
)
 
(1,455
)
Certain significant items(i)
 

 

 
386

 
397

 
(3,921
)
 
(3,175
)
Other unallocated(j)
 

 

 
42

 
54

 
(565
)
 
(580
)
 
 
$
43,918

 
$
49,118

 
$
5,734

 
$
6,487

 
$
9,910

 
$
10,149

(a) 
Income from continuing operations before provision for taxes on income.
(b) 
Revenues and Earnings from the Primary Care segment decreased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared to the prior year, and earnings as a percentage of revenues also declined, mainly due to the loss of exclusivity for Lipitor in the U.S. and Japan and the subsequent shift in the reporting of Lipitor U.S. and Japan results to the Established Products business unit and the loss of exclusivity for Lipitor in the majority of developed European markets in March and May 2012.
(c) 
Revenues and Earnings from the Established Products and Emerging Markets segment increased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared to the prior year, primarily due to additional products losing exclusivity and moving to the Established Products unit and increased operational sales in emerging markets partially offset by unfavorable foreign exchange. Earnings also increased due to the change in the mix of products.

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(d) 
Includes the Animal Health operating segment and the Consumer Healthcare operating segment. Higher R&D expenses and lower Earnings reflects the Consumer Healthcare acquisition of the over-the-counter (OTC) rights for Nexium (see Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions).
(e) 
Other business activities includes the revenues and operating results of Pfizer CentreSource, our contract manufacturing and bulk pharmaceutical chemical sales operation, and the research and development costs managed by our Worldwide Research and Development organization and our Pfizer Medical organization.
(f) 
Corporate for R&D expenses includes, among other things, administration expenses and compensation expenses associated with our research and development activities and for Earnings includes, among other things, administration expenses, interest income/(expense), certain compensation and other costs not charged to our operating segments.
(g) 
Purchase accounting adjustments include certain charges related to the fair value adjustments to inventory, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment.
(h) 
Acquisition-related costs can include costs associated with acquiring, integrating and restructuring newly acquired businesses, such as transaction costs, integration costs, restructuring charges and additional depreciation associated with asset restructuring (see Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives for additional information).
(i) 
Certain significant items are substantive, unusual items that, either as a result of their nature or size, would not be expected to occur as part of our normal business on a regular basis. Such items primarily include restructuring charges and implementation costs associated with our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives that are not associated with an acquisition, the impact of certain tax and/or legal settlements and certain asset impairments.

For Earnings in the third quarter of 2012, certain significant items includes: (i) restructuring charges and implementation costs associated with our cost-reduction initiatives that are not associated with an acquisition of $264 million, (ii) charges for certain legal matters of $725 million, (iii) certain asset impairment charges of $54 million and (iv) other charges of $115 million (see Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives and Note 4. Other Deductions––Net for additional information).

For Earnings in the third quarter of 2011, certain significant items includes: (i) restructuring charges and implementation costs associated with our cost-reduction initiatives that are not associated with an acquisition of $1.1 billion, (ii) charges for certain legal matters of $132 million and (iii) certain asset impairment charges of $106 million (see Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives and Note 4. Other Deductions––Net for additional information).

For Earnings in the first nine months of 2012, certain significant items includes: (i) restructuring charges and implementation costs associated with our cost-reduction initiatives that are not associated with an acquisition of $1.2 billion, (ii) charges for certain legal matters of $2.0 billion, (iii) certain asset impairment charges of $543 million and (iv) other charges of $243 million (see Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives and Note 4. Other Deductions––Net for additional information).

For Earnings in the first nine months of 2011, certain significant items include: (i) restructuring charges and implementation costs associated with our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives that are not associated with an acquisition of $1.9 billion, (ii) charges for certain legal matters of $657 million, (iii) certain asset impairment charges of $595 million and (iv) other charges of $24 million (see Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives and Note 4. Other Deductions––Net for additional information).

For R&D in all periods presented, certain significant items primarily reflect additional depreciation––asset restructuring and implementation costs.
(j) 
Includes overhead expenses associated with our manufacturing and commercial operations not directly attributable to an operating segment.


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B. Geographic Information

The following table provides revenues by geographic area:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
Change

Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
5,627

 
$
6,879

 
(18
)
 
$
17,303

 
$
20,603

 
(16
)
Developed Europe(a)
 
2,976

 
4,027

 
(26
)
 
10,025

 
12,078

 
(17
)
Developed Rest of World(b)
 
2,529

 
2,807

 
(10
)
 
7,830

 
7,974

 
(2
)
Emerging Markets(c)
 
2,844

 
2,896

 
(2
)
 
8,760

 
8,463

 
4

Total Revenues
 
$
13,976

 
$
16,609

 
(16
)
 
$
43,918

 
$
49,118

 
(11
)
(a) 
Developed Europe region includes the following markets: Western Europe, Finland and the Scandinavian countries. Revenues denominated in euros were $2.2 billion and $3.0 billion in the third quarter of 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $7.5 billion and $9.1 billion in the first nine months of 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(b) 
Developed Rest of World region includes the following markets: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
(c) 
Emerging Markets region includes, but is not limited to, the following markets: Asia (excluding Japan and South Korea), Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey.
 
C. Other Revenue Information

Significant Product Revenues

The following table provides revenues by product:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30, 2012

 
October 2, 2011

 
September 30, 2012

 
October 2, 2011

Revenues from biopharmaceutical products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lipitor(a)
 
$
749

 
$
2,602

 
$
3,364

 
$
7,578

Lyrica
 
1,036

 
961

 
3,026

 
2,695

Enbrel (Outside the U.S. and Canada)
 
893

 
957

 
2,780

 
2,741

Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13
 
868

 
1,006

 
2,725

 
2,823

Celebrex
 
676

 
643

 
1,969

 
1,856

Viagra
 
517

 
493

 
1,498

 
1,458

Norvasc
 
319

 
350

 
1,001

 
1,081

Zyvox
 
328

 
321

 
996

 
965

Sutent
 
294

 
298

 
913

 
870

Premarin family
 
262

 
267

 
797

 
757

Genotropin
 
212

 
215

 
619

 
654

Xalatan/Xalacom
 
181

 
277

 
617

 
960

BeneFIX
 
201

 
178

 
577

 
518

Detrol/Detrol LA
 
176

 
213

 
576

 
668

Vfend
 
187

 
171

 
543

 
558

Chantix/Champix
 
146

 
156

 
496

 
545

Pristiq
 
152

 
146

 
461

 
422

Refacto AF/Xyntha
 
150

 
140

 
420

 
380

Revatio
 
135

 
140

 
414

 
393

Zoloft
 
129

 
139

 
398

 
420

Medrol
 
113

 
127

 
388

 
383

Zosyn/Tazocin
 
109

 
149

 
378

 
490


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Effexor
 
107

 
165

 
342

 
537

Geodon/Zeldox
 
57

 
263

 
322

 
753

Zithromax/Zmax
 
89

 
93

 
318

 
335

Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent)
 
81

 
98

 
303

 
406

Fragmin
 
91

 
95

 
283

 
283

     Relpax
 
92

 
86

 
266

 
250

     Rapamune
 
92

 
96

 
259

 
285

     Cardura
 
79

 
92

 
254

 
289

Aricept(b)
 
71

 
117

 
249

 
335

Tygacil
 
82

 
76

 
249

 
224

EpiPen(c)
 
67

 
59

 
217

 
160

Xanax XR
 
66

 
77

 
203

 
232

BMP2
 
58

 
83

 
192

 
277

Caduet
 
68

 
150

 
191

 
435

Sulperazon
 
62

 
51

 
191

 
155

Diflucan
 
61

 
72

 
185

 
201

Dalacin/Cleocin
 
74

 
51

 
176

 
139

Neurontin
 
52

 
67

 
172

 
222

Unasyn
 
54

 
58

 
165

 
172

Aromasin
 
51

 
85

 
162

 
294

Arthrotec
 
50

 
61

 
159

 
182

Inspra
 
51

 
51

 
156

 
142

Toviaz
 
52

 
49

 
150

 
137

Metaxalone/Skelaxin(c)
 
55

 
57

 
149

 
145

     Methotrexate
 
50

 
51

 
148

 
133

     Protonix
 
50

 
65

 
140

 
168

Alliance revenues(d)
 
879

 
919

 
2,577

 
2,678

All other biopharmaceutical products(e)
 
1,643

 
1,611

 
5,187

 
4,827

 
 
12,117

 
14,747

 
38,321

 
43,611

Revenues from other products:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Animal Health
 
1,017

 
1,041

 
3,128

 
3,078

Consumer Healthcare
 
780

 
767

 
2,276

 
2,218

Other(f)
 
62

 
54

 
193

 
211

 
 
$
13,976

 
$
16,609

 
$
43,918

 
$
49,118

(a) 
Lipitor lost exclusivity in the U.S. in November 2011 and various other markets in 2011 and 2012. This loss of exclusivity reduced branded worldwide revenues by $1.9 billion in the third quarter of 2012, in comparison with the third quarter of 2011, and by $4.2 billion in the first nine months of 2012, in comparison with the first nine months of 2011.
(b) 
Represents direct sales under license agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd.
(c) 
Legacy King product. King’s operations are included in our financial statements commencing from the acquisition date of January 31, 2011.
(d) 
Includes Enbrel (in the U.S. and Canada), Aricept, Exforge, Rebif and Spiriva.
(e) 
Includes sales of generic atorvastatin.
(f) 
Includes revenues generated primarily from Pfizer CentreSource, our contract manufacturing and bulk pharmaceutical chemical sales organization.

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Note 14. Subsequent Events

A. Equity-Method Investment in Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
On September 6, 2012, Pfizer and Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals, a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company, created a new company, Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (HPP), to develop, manufacture and commercialize off-patent pharmaceutical products in China and global markets. In accordance with our international reporting periods, this transaction will be accounted for in the fourth quarter of 2012. HPP was established with registered capital of $250 million. Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals holds a 51% equity interest and Pfizer holds a 49% equity interest in HPP. The parties will contribute select existing products to HPP, which will have a broad portfolio covering cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, oncology, mental health, and other therapeutic areas. The parties will also contribute manufacturing sites, cash and other relevant assets. Our investment in HPP will be accounted for under the equity method.

B. Announcement of Intention to Acquire NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
On October 22, 2012, Pfizer announced its intention to acquire NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NextWave), a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Pfizer will make a payment of $255 million to NextWave's shareholders at the closing of the transaction and additional payments of up to $425 million based on certain sales milestones. Pfizer had previously entered into an option and merger agreement with NextWave during the second quarter of 2012 and made an option payment of $20 million. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to regulatory approval in the United States, and other customary closing conditions. NextWave is the developer of Quillivant XR™ (methylphenidate hydrochloride) for extended-release oral suspension, CII, the first once-daily liquid medication approved for the treatment of ADHD, and holds the exclusive North American commercialization rights to Quillivant XR. Quillivant XR received approval from the FDA on September 27, 2012.

C. New Share Repurchase Plan

On November 1, 2012, we announced that the Board of Directors authorized, effective upon the consummation of the sale of the Nutrition business to Nestlé, a new $10 billion share repurchase plan to be utilized over time. We expect the sale of the Nutrition business to Nestlé to close in the next few months.

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REVIEW REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Pfizer Inc.:

We have reviewed the condensed consolidated balance sheet of Pfizer Inc. and Subsidiary Companies as of September 30, 2012, and the related condensed consolidated statements of income and condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012, and October 2, 2011, and the related condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012, and October 2, 2011. These condensed consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the condensed consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Pfizer Inc. and Subsidiary Companies as of December 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 28, 2012, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.


 

KPMG LLP

New York, New York
November 8, 2012

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A)

Introduction

Our MD&A is provided in addition to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes to assist readers in understanding Pfizer’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. The MD&A is organized as follows:
Overview of Our Performance, Operating Environment, Strategy and Outlook. This section, beginning on page 53 provides information about the following: our business; our performance during the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 and 2011; our operating environment; our strategy; our business development initiatives; and our financial guidance for 2012.
Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. This section begins on page 61, and consists of the following sub-sections:
Revenues. This sub-section, beginning on page 61, provides an analysis of our products and revenues for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 and 2011, as well as an overview of research and development expenses and important biopharmaceutical product developments.
Costs and Expenses. This sub-section, beginning on page 77, provides a discussion about our costs and expenses.
Provision for Taxes on Income. This sub-section, on page 82, provides a discussion of items impacting our tax provisions.
Discontinued Operations. This sub-section, beginning on page 83, provides an analysis of the financial statement impact of our discontinued operations.
Adjusted Income. This sub-section, beginning on page 83, provides a discussion of an alternative view of performance used by management.
Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. This section, on page 88, provides a discussion of changes in certain components of other comprehensive income.
Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. This section, on page 88, provides a discussion of changes in certain balance sheet accounts.
Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. This section, beginning on page 89, provides an analysis of our cash flows for the first nine months of 2012 and 2011.
Analysis of Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources. This section, beginning on page 90, provides an analysis of selected measures of our liquidity and of our capital resources as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and a discussion of our outstanding debt and commitments that existed as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Included in the discussion of outstanding debt is a discussion of the amount of financial capacity available to help fund Pfizer's future activities.
New Accounting Standards. This section, beginning on page 93, discusses recently adopted and recently issued accounting standards.
Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results. This section, beginning on page 94 provides a description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements set forth in this MD&A relating to our financial and operating performance, business plans and prospects, in-line products and product candidates, strategic review, capital allocation, business-development plans, and share-repurchase and dividend-rate plans. Such forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations about future events, which are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances.


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The following table provides the components of the condensed consolidated statements of income:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, EXCEPT PER COMMON SHARE DATA)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
Change

Revenues
 
$
13,976

 
$
16,609

 
(16
)
 
$
43,918

 
$
49,118

 
(11
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of sales
 
2,665

 
3,409

 
(22
)
 
8,162

 
10,449

 
(22
)
% of revenues
 
19.1
 %
 
20.5
%
 
 

 
18.6
%
 
21.3
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, informational and administrative expenses
 
3,847

 
4,457

 
(14
)
 
11,801

 
13,635

 
(13
)
% of revenues
 
27.5
 %
 
26.8
%
 
 

 
26.9
%
 
27.8
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development expenses
 
1,981

 
2,176

 
(9
)
 
5,734

 
6,487

 
(12
)
% of revenues
 
14.2
 %
 
13.1
%
 
 

 
13.1
%
 
13.2
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of intangible assets
 
1,228

 
1,389

 
(12
)
 
3,939

 
4,138

 
(5
)
% of revenues
 
8.8
 %
 
8.4
%
 
 

 
9.0
%
 
8.4
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs
 
302

 
1,090

 
(72
)
 
1,089

 
2,458

 
(56
)
% of revenues
 
2.2
 %
 
6.6
%
 
 

 
2.5
%
 
5.0
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other deductions––net
 
962

 
547

 
76

 
3,283

 
1,802

 
82

Income from continuing operations before provision for taxes on income
 
2,991

 
3,541

 
(16
)
 
9,910

 
10,149

 
(2
)
% of revenues
 
21.4
 %
 
21.3
%
 
 

 
22.6
%
 
20.7
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision/(benefit) for taxes on income
 
(119
)
 
1,216

 
(110
)
 
1,882

 
3,167

 
(41
)
Effective tax rate
 
(4.0
)%
 
34.3
%
 
 

 
19.0
%
 
31.2
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
 
3,110

 
2,325

 
34

 
8,028

 
6,982

 
15

% of revenues
 
22.3
 %
 
14.0
%
 
 

 
18.3
%
 
14.2
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
104

 
1,424

 
(93
)
 
249

 
1,619

 
(85
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income before allocation to noncontrolling interests
 
3,214

 
3,749

 
(14
)
 
8,277

 
8,601

 
(4
)
% of revenues
 
23.0
 %
 
22.6
%
 
 

 
18.8
%
 
17.5
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
6

 
11

 
(45
)
 
22

 
31

 
(29
)
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc.
 
$
3,208

 
$
3,738

 
(14
)
 
$
8,255

 
$
8,570

 
(4
)
% of revenues
 
23.0
 %
 
22.5
%
 
 

 
18.8
%
 
17.4
%
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per common share––basic:(a)
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
0.42

 
$
0.30

 
40

 
$
1.07

 
$
0.88

 
22

Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
0.01

 
0.18

 
(94
)
 
0.03

 
0.21

 
(86
)
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
0.43

 
$
0.48

 
(10
)
 
$
1.10

 
$
1.09

 
1

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per common share––diluted:(a)
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
0.41

 
$
0.30

 
37

 
1.06

 
0.88

 
20

Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
0.01

 
0.18

 
(94
)
 
0.03

 
0.20

 
(85
)
Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
0.43

 
$
0.48

 
(10
)
 
$
1.09

 
$
1.08

 
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash dividends paid per common share
 
$
0.22

 
$
0.20

 
10

 
$
0.66

 
$
0.60

 
10

(a) 
EPS amounts may not add due to rounding.

Certain amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments.

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OVERVIEW OF OUR PERFORMANCE, OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, STRATEGY AND OUTLOOK

Our Business

Our mission is to apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for people and animals. Our diversified global healthcare portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many of the world’s best-known consumer products. Every day, we work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. We also collaborate with healthcare providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable healthcare around the world. Our revenues are derived from the sale of our products, as well as through alliance agreements, under which we co-promote products discovered by other companies.

On August 13, 2012, we filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis Inc. (Zoetis). If the IPO is successfully completed, which we are targeting for the first half of 2013, we will have a variety of options to achieve a potential full separation of Zoetis. As we continue to work toward a potential IPO and a potential full separation of Zoetis, we remain open to all alternatives to maximize the after-tax return for our shareholders. The Animal Health business continues to be presented as a continuing operation in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On April 23, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé for $11.85 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the next few months, assuming the receipt of the required regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other closing conditions. Beginning in the second quarter of 2012, we report the operating results of the Nutrition business as Discontinued operations––net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income for all periods presented. The transaction also includes the sale of certain prenatal multivitamins currently commercialized by the Pfizer Consumer Healthcare business unit. The operating results of this product line are also included in Discontinued operations––net of tax for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities associated with this discontinued operation are classified as Assets of discontinued operations and other assets held for sale and Liabilities of discontinued operations, as appropriate, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

On August 1, 2011, we completed the sale of our Capsugel business for approximately $2.4 billion in cash. The operating results associated with this business and the gain on the sale of Capsugel are reported as Discontinued operations––net of tax in our condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011.

On January 31, 2011, we completed a tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (King) and acquired approximately 92.5% of the outstanding shares for approximately $3.3 billion in cash. On February 28, 2011, we acquired the remaining outstanding shares of King for approximately $300 million in cash. Commencing from January 31, 2011, our financial statements include the assets, liabilities, operating results and cash flows of King. As a result, in accordance with our domestic and international reporting periods, our condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended October 2, 2011 reflect approximately eight months of King's U.S. operations and approximately seven months of King's international operations.

Our 2012 Performance

Revenues in the third quarter of 2012 were $14.0 billion, a decrease of 16% compared to the same period in 2011, due to an operational decline of $1.9 billion, or 12%, primarily as the result of the impact of the loss of exclusivity of Lipitor in all major markets, including the U.S. on November 30, 2011 and the majority of developed European markets in March and May 2012, and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of $699 million, or 4%.

Revenues in the first nine months of 2012 were $43.9 billion, a decrease of 11% compared to the same period in 2011, due to an operational decline of $4.0 billion, or 9%, primarily as the result of the aforementioned loss of exclusivity of Lipitor, and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of $1.2 billion, or 2%.


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The following table provides the significant impacts on revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods ended October 2, 2011:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
September 30, 2012
vs.
October 2, 2011
Worldwide
Change

% Change
Worldwide

% Change
U.S.

% Change
International

Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
Lipitor(a)
$
(1,853
)
(71
)
(87
)
(51
)
Geodon/Zeldox(a)
(206
)
(78
)
(88
)
(33
)
Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13
(138
)
(14
)
(3
)
(22
)
Xalatan/Xalacom(a)
(96
)
(35
)

(36
)
Caduet(a)
(82
)
(55
)
(84
)
(21
)
Effexor
(58
)
(35
)
(29
)
(38
)
Zosyn/Tazocin
(40
)
(27
)
(48
)
(5
)
Aromasin(a)
(34
)
(40
)
(63
)
(38
)
Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent)
(17
)
(17
)

(17
)
Celebrex
33

5

8


Lyrica
75

8

13

4

Alliance Revenue(a)
(40
)
(4
)
20

(45
)
All other biopharmaceutical products(b)
32

2

18

(5
)
Animal Health products
(24
)
(2
)
4

(7
)
Consumer Healthcare products
13

2

(5
)
9

 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 

 

 

 

Lipitor(a)
$
(4,214
)
(56
)
(79
)
(26
)
Geodon/Zeldox(a)
(431
)
(57
)
(65
)
(17
)
Xalatan/Xalacom(a)
(343
)
(36
)
(81
)
(27
)
Caduet(a)
(244
)
(56
)
(89
)
(18
)
Effexor
(195
)
(36
)
(51
)
(27
)
Aromasin(a)
(132
)
(45
)
(81
)
(37
)
Zosyn/Tazocin
(112
)
(23
)
(34
)
(9
)
Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent)
(103
)
(25
)

(25
)
Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13
(98
)
(3
)
(7
)
1

Celebrex
113

6

7

4

Lyrica
331

12

10

14

Alliance revenue(a)
(101
)
(4
)
17

(36
)
All other biopharmaceutical products(b)
360

7

25

(1
)
Animal Health products
50

2

7

(2
)
Consumer Healthcare products
58

3

(3
)
8

(a) 
Lipitor and Caduet lost exclusivity in the U.S. in November 2011 and various other major markets in 2011 and 2012. Xalatan lost exclusivity in the U.S. in March 2011 and in the majority of European markets in January 2012. Aromasin lost exclusivity in the U.S. in April 2011, in the majority of European markets in July 2011 and in Japan in November 2011. Geodon lost exclusivity in the U. S. in March 2012. We lost exclusivity for Aricept 5mg and 10mg tablets, which are included in Alliance revenues, in the U.S. in November 2010 and in the majority of European markets in February and April 2012.
(b) 
Includes the “All other” category included in the Revenues—Major Biopharmaceutical Products table presented in this MD&A, which includes sales of generic atorvastatin.

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Income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2012 was $3.1 billion, compared to $2.3 billion in the third quarter of 2011, and $8.0 billion in the first nine months of 2012, compared to $7.0 billion in the first nine months of 2011, primarily reflecting, among other items:
the favorable impacts of a settlement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the resolution of certain foreign tax audits, in the third quarter of 2012, all of which related to multiple tax years;
purchase accounting charges that were approximately $439 million lower in the third quarter and $1.1 billion lower in first nine months of 2012 than in the same periods in 2011;
acquisition-related costs that were approximately $50 million lower in the third quarter and $647 million lower in first nine months of 2012 than in the same periods in 2011;
asset impairment charges that were approximately $96 million lower in the third quarter of 2012 and $64 million lower in the first nine months of 2012 than in the same periods in 2011 (see further discussion in the “Costs and Expenses––Other Deductions––Net” section of this MD&A and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 4. Other Deductions––net); and
charges related to our non-acquisition related cost-reduction and productivity initiatives that were approximately $807 million lower in the third quarter of 2012 and $747 million lower in the first nine months of 2012 than in the same periods in 2011;
partially offset by:
the loss of exclusivity of Lipitor, as well as certain other products, resulting in lower revenues and associated expenses (see also the “Industry-Specific Challenges” section of this MD&A); and
charges for certain legal matters that were approximately $594 million higher in the third quarter and $1.4 billion higher in the first nine months of 2012 than in the same periods in 2011 (see further discussion in the “Costs and Expenses––Other Deductions––Net” section of this MD&A and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 4. Other Deductions––net).
 
Also, see “Discontinued Operations” section of this MD&A.
 
Our Operating Environment

U.S. Healthcare Legislation

In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (together, the U.S. Healthcare Legislation), was enacted in the U.S. As explained more fully in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, this legislation has resulted in both current and longer-term impacts on us. Our 2012 financial guidance (see the “Our Financial Guidance for 2012” section of this MD&A for additional information) reflects the expected full-year impact of the U.S. Healthcare Legislation.
 
In each of 2012 and 2011, we recorded the following amounts as a result of the U.S. Healthcare Legislation:
approximately $179 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $215 million in the third quarter of 2011, and approximately $413 million in the first nine months of 2012 and $539 million in the first nine months of 2011 recorded as a reduction to Revenues, related to the extended and expanded rebate provisions and the Medicare “coverage gap” discount provision; and
approximately $75 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $45 million in the third quarter of 2011, and approximately $256 million in the first nine months of 2012 and $183 million in the first nine months of 2011 related to the annual fee payable to the federal government (which is not deductible for U.S. income tax purposes) based on our prior-calendar-year share relative to other companies of branded prescription drug sales to specified government programs.

In June 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the requirement in the U.S. Healthcare Legislation for Americans to have insurance (called the individual mandate). Separately, it is possible that Congress may withhold all or a portion of the funding necessary to implement the U.S. Healthcare Legislation or may attempt to amend or repeal it. Given the extent of the possible changes and the uncertainties concerning the interpretation, implementation and timing of any such

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changes, the U.S. Healthcare Legislation and any amendments thereto or repeal of all or portions thereof could impact our business and results of operations in the near term and over the next several years.

Industry-Specific Challenges

The majority of our revenues come from the manufacture and sale of biopharmaceutical products. As explained more fully in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the biopharmaceutical industry is highly competitive and we face a number of industry-specific challenges, which can significantly impact our results. These factors include, among others: the loss or expiration of intellectual property rights and the expiration of co-promotion and licensing rights, pipeline productivity and the regulatory environment, pricing and access pressures and competition among branded products.

As more fully explained in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the loss or expiration of intellectual property rights and the expiration of co-promotion and licensing rights can have a significant adverse effect on our revenues. Our 2012 financial guidance reflects the anticipated impact in 2012 of the loss of such rights as described below (see the “Our Financial Guidance for 2012” section of this MD&A for additional information).

Our 2012 results have been and/or will be adversely impacted by the following:
Lipitor in the U.S.––Lipitor lost exclusivity in the U.S. in November 2011. The entry of multi-source generic competition in the U.S. began in May 2012, with attendant increased competitive pressures. Beginning in 2012, sales of Lipitor in the U.S. are reported in our Established Products business unit.

Lipitor in international markets––Lipitor lost exclusivity in Japan in June 2011 (with generic competition occurring in November 2011), Australia in April 2012 and the majority of developed European markets in March 2012 and May 2012.
Other recent loss of exclusivity impacts––In the U.S., we lost exclusivity for Vfend tablets in February 2011, for Xalatan in March 2011 and for Geodon in March 2012. The basic U.S. patent (including the six-month pediatric exclusivity period) for Protonix expired in January 2011. The basic patent for Vfend tablets in Brazil expired in January 2011. We lost exclusivity for Aromasin in the U.S. in April 2011, in the majority of European markets in July 2011 and in Japan in November 2011. We lost exclusivity for Xalatan and Xalacom in the majority of European markets in January 2012. We lost exclusivity for Aricept in the majority of European markets in February 2012 and April 2012. Caduet lost exclusivity in the U.S. in November 2011 and in the majority of European markets in March and May 2012. We lost exclusivity in the U.S. in September 2012 for Revatio tablet and for Detrol IR.
Aricept––Our rights to Aricept in Japan will return to Eisai Co., Ltd. in December 2012.
Spiriva––Our collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) for Spiriva will expire on a country-by-country basis between 2012 and 2016, including the expiration in certain European Union (EU) markets in 2012.

For additional information, including with regard to the expiration of the patents and of co-promotion and licensing rights for various products in the U.S., EU and Japan in 2012 and subsequent years, see the “Patents and Intellectual Property Rights” section of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the “The Loss or Expiration of Intellectual Property Rights” section of our 2011 Financial Report, which is filed as Exhibit 13 to our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We will continue to aggressively defend our patent rights against increasing incidents of infringement whenever we deem appropriate. For more detailed information about our significant products, see the discussion in the “Revenues––Selected Revenues from Biopharmaceutical Products” section of this MD&A. See Part II––Other Information; Item 1. Legal Proceedings, of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of certain recent developments with respect to patent litigation.

In August 2011, the federal Budget Control Act of 2011 (the Act) was enacted in the U.S. The Act includes provisions to raise the U.S. Treasury Department’s borrowing limit, known as the debt ceiling, and provisions to reduce the federal deficit by $2.4 trillion between 2012 and 2021. Deficit-reduction targets include $900 billion of discretionary spending reductions associated with the Department of Health and Human Services and various agencies charged with national security, but those discretionary spending reductions do not include programs such as Medicare and Medicaid or direct changes to pharmaceutical pricing, rebates or discounts. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is responsible for identifying the remaining $1.5 trillion of deficit reductions, which will be divided evenly between defense and non-defense spending. Under this OMB review process, Social Security, Medicaid, Veteran Benefits and certain other spending categories are excluded from consideration, but reductions in payments to Medicare providers may be made, although any such reductions are prohibited by law from exceeding 2%. Additionally, certain payments to Medicare Part D plans, such as low-income subsidy payments, are exempt

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from reduction. While we do not know the specific nature of the spending reductions under the Act that will affect Medicare, we do not expect that those reductions will have a material adverse impact on our results of operations. However, any significant spending reductions affecting Medicare, Medicaid or other publicly funded or subsidized health programs that may be implemented, and/or any significant additional taxes or fees that may be imposed on us, as part of any broader deficit-reduction effort could have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

The Global Economic Environment

In addition to the industry-specific factors discussed above, we, like other businesses, continue to face the effects of the challenging economic environment, which have impacted our biopharmaceutical operations in the U.S. and Europe, including the countries that use the euro currency (Eurozone), affecting the performance of products such as Lipitor, Celebrex and Lyrica, and in a number of emerging markets. We believe that patients, experiencing the effects of the challenging economic environment, including high unemployment levels, and increases in co-pays, sometimes are switching to generics, delaying treatments, skipping doses or using less effective treatments to reduce their costs. Challenging economic conditions in the U.S. also have increased the number of patients in the Medicaid program, under which sales of pharmaceuticals are subject to substantial rebates and, in many states, to formulary restrictions limiting access to brand-name drugs, including ours. In addition, we continue to experience pricing pressure as a result of the economic environment in Europe and in a number of emerging markets, with government-mandated reductions in prices for certain biopharmaceutical products in certain European and emerging market countries.

Significant portions of our revenues and earnings are exposed to changes in foreign exchange rates. We seek to manage our foreign exchange risk in part through operational means, including managing same-currency revenues in relation to same-currency costs and same-currency assets in relation to same-currency liabilities. Depending on market conditions, foreign exchange risk also is managed through the use of derivative financial instruments and foreign currency debt. As we operate in multiple foreign currencies, including the euro, the Japanese yen, the U.K. pound, the China renminbi, and the Canadian dollar and approximately 100 other currencies, changes in those currencies relative to the U.S. dollar will impact our revenues and expenses. If the U.S. dollar weakens against a specific foreign currency, our revenues will increase, having a positive impact, and our overall expenses will increase, having a negative impact, on net income. Likewise, if the U.S. dollar strengthens against a specific foreign currency, our revenues will decrease, having a negative impact, and our overall expenses will decrease, having a positive impact on net income. Therefore, significant changes in foreign exchange rates can impact our results and our financial guidance.

Despite the challenging financial markets, Pfizer maintains a strong financial position. Due to our significant operating cash flows, financial assets, access to capital markets and available lines of credit and revolving credit agreements, we continue to believe that we have the ability to meet our liquidity needs for the foreseeable future. Our long-term debt is rated high quality by both Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service. As market conditions change, we continue to monitor our liquidity position. We have taken and will continue to take a conservative approach to our financial investments. Both short-term and long-term investments consist primarily of high-quality, highly liquid, well-diversified, available-for-sale debt securities. For further discussion of our financial condition, see the "Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources” section of this MD&A.

These and other industry-wide factors that may affect our businesses should be considered along with information presented in the “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results” section of this MD&A; in Part II, Item 1A., “Risk Factors”, of this Form 10-Q; and in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our Strategy

We believe that our medicines provide significant value for both healthcare providers and patients, not only from the improved treatment of diseases but also from a reduction in other healthcare costs, such as emergency room or hospitalization costs, as well as improvements in health, wellness and productivity. We continue to actively engage in dialogues about the value of our products and how we can best work with patients, physicians and payers to prevent and treat disease and improve outcomes. We will work within the current legal and pricing structures, as well as continue to review our pricing arrangements and contracting methods with payers, to maximize access to patients and minimize the adverse impact on our revenues.

On April 23, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé. In addition, on August 13, 2012 we filed a registration statement with the SEC for a potential IPO of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis. If the IPO is successfully completed, which we are targeting for the first half of 2013, we will have a variety of options to achieve a potential full separation of Zoetis. As we continue to work toward a potential IPO and a potential full separation of Zoetis, we remain open to all alternatives to maximize the after-tax return for our shareholders. If

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Nutrition and Animal Health are fully separated from the Company, then, following these separations, Pfizer will be a global biopharmaceutical company with an innovative core and a value core, with different cost structures and operating drivers, and a complementary Consumer Healthcare business with several well-known brands. The innovative core includes a portfolio of innovative, largely patent-protected, in-line products and an R&D organization focused on continuing to build a robust pipeline of highly differentiated product candidates in areas of unmet medical needs. The value core includes a portfolio of products that have lost exclusivity or are approaching the loss of exclusivity that help meet the global need for less expensive, quality medicines.

In response to the challenging operating environment, we have taken and continue to take many steps to strengthen our Company and better position ourselves for the future. We believe in a comprehensive approach to our challenges––organizing our business to maximize research, development and commercial opportunities, improving the performance of our innovative core and our value core, making the right capital allocation decisions, and protecting our intellectual property.

We continue to closely evaluate our global research and development function and pursue strategies to improve innovation and overall productivity by prioritizing areas with the greatest scientific and commercial promise, utilizing appropriate risk/return profiles and focusing on areas with the highest potential to deliver value in the near term and over time. To that end, our research primarily focuses on five high-priority areas that have a mix of small and large molecules––immunology and inflammation; oncology; cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine diseases; neuroscience and pain; and vaccines. In addition to reducing the number of disease areas of focus and the number of R&D programs, we have realigned and reduced our research and development footprint, and outsourced certain functions that do not drive competitive advantage for Pfizer. As a result of these actions, we are experiencing significant reductions in our annual research and development expenses, which are reflected in our 2012 financial guidance, and we are incurring significant costs in order to achieve these reductions, which are also reflected in our 2012 financial guidance. For additional information, see the “Our Financial Guidance for 2012” and “Costs and Expenses––Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives” sections of this MD&A.

While a significant portion of R&D is done internally, we continue to seek to expand our pipeline by entering into agreements with other companies to develop, license or acquire promising compounds, technologies or capabilities. Collaboration, alliance and license agreements and acquisitions allow us to capitalize on these compounds to expand our pipeline of potential future products. In addition, collaborations and alliances allow us to share risk and to access external scientific and technological expertise.

For information about our pending new drug applications (NDA) and supplemental filings, see the “Revenues—Product Developments––Biopharmaceutical” section of this MD&A.

We continue to build on our portfolio of businesses through various business development transactions. See the “Our Business Development Initiatives” section of this MD&A for information on our recent transactions and strategic investments that we believe complement our businesses.

We continue to aggressively defend our patent rights against increasingly aggressive infringement whenever appropriate (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies), and we will continue to support efforts that strengthen worldwide recognition of patent rights while taking necessary steps to help ensure appropriate patient access. In addition, we will continue to employ innovative approaches to prevent counterfeit pharmaceuticals from entering the supply chain and to achieve greater control over the distribution of our products, and we will continue to participate in the generics market for our products, whenever appropriate, once they lose exclusivity.

We remain focused on achieving an appropriate cost structure for the Company. For information regarding our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives, see the “Costs and Expenses—Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives” section of this MD&A.

Our strategy also includes directly enhancing shareholder value through dividends and share repurchases. See the “Analysis of Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources—Share Purchase Plans and Dividends on Common Stock” sections of this MD&A for more information.

Our Business Development Initiatives

We are committed to capitalizing on growth opportunities by advancing our own pipeline and maximizing the value of our in-line products, as well as through various forms of business development, which can include alliances, licenses, joint ventures, dispositions and acquisitions. We view our business development activity as an enabler of our strategies, and we seek to

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generate profitable revenue growth and enhance shareholder value by pursuing a disciplined, strategic and financial approach to evaluating business development opportunities. We are especially interested in opportunities in our high-priority therapeutic areas––immunology and inflammation; oncology; cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine diseases; neuroscience and pain; and vaccines––and in emerging markets and established products. We assess our businesses and assets as part of our regular, ongoing portfolio review process and also continue to consider business development activities for our businesses.

The most significant recent transactions and events are described below.
On October 22, 2012, Pfizer announced its intention to acquire NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NextWave), a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Pfizer will make a payment of $255 million to NextWave's shareholders at the closing of the transaction and additional payments of up to $425 million based on certain sales milestones. Pfizer had previously entered into an option and merger agreement with NextWave during the second quarter of 2012 and made an option payment of $20 million. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to regulatory approval in the United States, and other customary closing conditions. NextWave is the developer of Quillivant XR™ (methylphenidate hydrochloride) for extended-release oral suspension, CII, the first once-daily liquid medication approved for the treatment of ADHD, and holds the exclusive North American commercialization rights to Quillivant XR. Quillivant XR received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 27, 2012.

On September 6, 2012, Pfizer and Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals, a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company, created a new company, Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (HPP), to develop, manufacture and commercialize off-patent pharmaceutical products in China and global markets. In accordance with our international reporting periods, this transaction will be accounted for in the fourth quarter of 2012. HPP was established with registered capital of $250 million. Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals holds a 51% equity interest and Pfizer holds a 49% equity interest in HPP. The parties will contribute select existing products to HPP, which will have a broad portfolio covering cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, oncology, mental health, and other therapeutic areas.  The parties will also contribute manufacturing sites, cash and other relevant assets. Our investment in HPP will be accounted for under the equity method.

On August 13, 2012, we filed a registration statement with the SEC for a potential IPO of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis. If the IPO is successfully completed, which we are targeting for the first half of 2013, we will have a variety of options to achieve a potential full separation of Zoetis. As we continue to work toward a potential IPO and a potential full separation of Zoetis, we remain open to all alternatives to maximize the after-tax return for our shareholders. The Animal Health business continues to be presented as a continuing operation in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On August 13, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca for the over-the-counter (OTC) rights for Nexium, a leading prescription drug currently approved to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Under the terms of the agreement, we acquired the exclusive global rights to market Nexium for the approved OTC indications. We made an upfront payment of $250 million to AstraZeneca, and AstraZeneca is eligible to receive milestone payments of up to $550 million based on product launches and level of sales as well as royalty payments based on sales. A marketing authorization application for OTC Nexium in a 20 mg tablet form was filed with the European Medicines Agency in June 2012. A new drug application filing for OTC Nexium in the U.S. in a 20 mg delayed-release capsule is targeted for the first half of 2013.
On April 23, 2012, we announced that we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé for $11.85 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the next few months, assuming receipt of the required regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other closing conditions. See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures.
On March 12, 2012, Biocon and Pfizer announced the conclusion of their alliance to commercialize Biocon’s biosimilar versions of insulin and insulin analog products. The companies agreed that, due to the individual priorities for their respective biosimilars businesses, it was in their best interest to move forward independently.
On February 26, 2012, we completed our acquisition of Alacer Corp. (Alacer), a privately owned company that manufactures, markets and distributes Emergen-C, a line of effervescent, powdered drink mix vitamin supplements that is the largest-selling branded vitamin C line in the U.S. For additional information, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions.

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On December 1, 2011, we completed our acquisition of the consumer healthcare business of Ferrosan Holding A/S (Ferrosan), a Danish company engaged in the sale of science-based consumer healthcare products, primarily in the Nordic region and the emerging markets of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. For additional information, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions.
On August 1, 2011, we sold our Capsugel business for approximately $2.4 billion in cash. For additional information, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures.
On January 31, 2011, we completed a tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of King and acquired approximately 92.5% of the outstanding shares for approximately $3.3 billion in cash. On February 28, 2011, we acquired the remaining outstanding shares of King for approximately $300 million in cash. For additional information, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2A. Acquisition and Divestitures: Acquisitions.

Our Financial Guidance for 2012

We forecast 2012 revenues of $58.0 billion to $59.0 billion, Reported diluted earnings per common share (EPS) of $1.30 to $1.38 and Adjusted diluted EPS of $2.14 to $2.17. The current exchange rates assumed in connection with the 2012 financial guidance are a blend of the actual exchange rates in effect during the first nine months of 2012 and the mid-October 2012 exchange rates for the remainder of the year. For an understanding of Adjusted income and Adjusted diluted EPS, see the “Adjusted Income” section of this MD&A.

The following table provides a reconciliation of 2012 Adjusted income and Adjusted diluted EPS guidance to 2012 Reported net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. and Reported diluted EPS attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders guidance:
 
 
Full-Year 2012 Guidance
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
Net Income(a)
 
Diluted EPS(a)
Adjusted income/diluted EPS(b) guidance
 
~$16.1 - $16.4
 
~$2.14 - $2.17
Purchase accounting impacts of transactions completed as of 9/30/12
 
(3.6)
 
(0.48)
Acquisition-related costs
 
(0.5 - 0.7)
 
(0.07 - 0.09)
Non-acquisition-related restructuring costs(c)
 
(1.4 - 1.6)
 
(0.18 - 0.21)
Other certain significant items incurred as of 9/30/12
 
(0.9)
 
(0.12)
Income from discontinued operations(d)
 
0.4
 
0.06
Reported net income attributable to Pfizer Inc./diluted EPS guidance
 
~$9.7 - $10.4
 
~$1.30 - $1.38
(a) 
Includes the revenues and expenses related to the Nutrition business, which is reflected as a discontinued operation, but does not include the gain on the pending sale of the Nutrition business. Does not assume the completion of any business-development transactions not completed as of September 30, 2012, including any one-time upfront payments associated with such transactions. Also excludes the potential effects of the resolution of litigation-related matters not substantially resolved as of September 30, 2012, except for charges for such matters that have been recorded during the first nine months of 2012.
(b) 
For an understanding of Adjusted income and Adjusted diluted EPS, see the “Adjusted Income” section of this MD&A.
(c) 
Includes amounts related to our initiatives to reduce R&D spending, including our realigned R&D footprint, and amounts related to other cost-reduction and productivity initiatives. In the reconciliation between Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc., as reported under principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), and Adjusted income, and in the reconciliation between diluted EPS, as reported under U.S. GAAP, and Adjusted diluted EPS, these amounts are categorized as Certain Significant Items (see the “Adjusted Income––Reconciliation” section of this MD&A).
(d) 
Income attributable to Pfizer’s Nutrition business.

For a description of our actual and anticipated costs and savings associated with our cost-reduction initiatives, see the “Costs and Expenses––Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives” section of this MD&A.

Our 2012 financial guidance is subject to a number of factors and uncertainties—as described in the “Our Operating Environment”, “Our Strategy” and “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results” sections of this MD&A; Part II, Item 1A., “Risk Factors,” of this Form 10-Q; the “Our Operating Environment” and “Our Strategy” sections of our 2011 Financial Report, which is filed as Exhibit 13 to our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K; and Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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ANALYSIS OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

Revenues

The following table provides worldwide revenues by operating segment, business unit and geographic area:
 
 
Worldwide
 
U.S.
 
International
 
World-
wide
 
U.S.
 
Inter-
national
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
Oct 2,
2011

 
% Change in Revenues
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biopharmaceutical revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary Care Operating Segment
 
$
3,610

 
$
5,948

 
$
2,021

 
$
3,451

 
$
1,589

 
$
2,497

 
(39
)
 
(41
)
 
(36
)
Specialty Care
 
3,406

 
3,799

 
1,528

 
1,636

 
1,878

 
2,163

 
(10
)
 
(7
)
 
(13
)
Oncology
 
329

 
332

 
151

 
97

 
178

 
235

 
(1
)
 
56

 
(24
)
SC&O Operating Segment
 
3,735

 
4,131

 
1,679

 
1,733

 
2,056

 
2,398

 
(10
)
 
(3
)
 
(14
)
Emerging Markets
 
2,389

 
2,438

 

 

 
2,389

 
2,438

 
(2
)
 

 
(2
)
Established Products
 
2,383

 
2,230

 
1,069

 
835

 
1,314

 
1,395

 
7

 
28

 
(6
)
EP&EM Operating Segment
 
4,772

 
4,668

 
1,069

 
835

 
3,703

 
3,833

 
2

 
28

 
(3
)
 
 
12,117

 
14,747

 
4,769

 
6,019

 
7,348

 
8,728

 
(18
)
 
(21
)
 
(16
)
Other product revenues:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Animal Health
 
1,017

 
1,041

 
451

 
433

 
566

 
608

 
(2
)
 
4

 
(7
)
Consumer Healthcare
 
780

 
767

 
388

 
408

 
392

 
359

 
2

 
(5
)
 
9

Other Operating Segments
 
1,797

 
1,808

 
839

 
841

 
958

 
967

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Other (a)
 
62

 
54

 
19

 
19

 
43

 
35

 
15

 

 
23

Total revenues
 
$
13,976

 
$
16,609

 
$
5,627

 
$
6,879

 
$
8,349

 
$
9,730

 
(16
)
 
(18
)
 
(14
)
Nine Months Ended
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Biopharmaceutical revenues:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Primary Care Operating Segment
 
$
11,725

 
$
17,259

 
$
6,065

 
$
10,007

 
$
5,660

 
$
7,252

 
(32
)
 
(39
)
 
(22
)
Specialty Care
 
10,483

 
11,425

 
4,639

 
5,226

 
5,844

 
6,199

 
(8
)
 
(11
)
 
(6
)
Oncology
 
940

 
982

 
415

 
274

 
525

 
708

 
(4
)
 
51

 
(26
)
SC&O Operating Segment
 
11,423

 
12,407

 
5,054

 
5,500

 
6,369

 
6,907

 
(8
)
 
(8
)
 
(8
)
Emerging Markets
 
7,308

 
7,031

 

 

 
7,308

 
7,031

 
4

 

 
4

Established Products
 
7,865

 
6,914

 
3,780

 
2,739

 
4,085

 
4,175

 
14

 
38

 
(2
)
EP&EM Operating Segment
 
15,173

 
13,945

 
3,780

 
2,739

 
11,393

 
11,206

 
9

 
38

 
2

 
 
38,321

 
43,611

 
14,899

 
18,246

 
23,422

 
25,365

 
(12
)
 
(18
)
 
(8
)
Other product revenues:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Animal Health
 
3,128

 
3,078

 
1,289

 
1,205

 
1,839

 
1,873

 
2

 
7

 
(2
)
Consumer Healthcare
 
2,276

 
2,218

 
1,054

 
1,087

 
1,222

 
1,131

 
3

 
(3
)
 
8

Other Operating Segments
 
5,404

 
5,296

 
2,343

 
2,292

 
3,061

 
3,004

 
2

 
2

 
2

Other (a)
 
193

 
211

 
61

 
65

 
132

 
146

 
(9
)
 
(6
)
 
(10
)
Total revenues
 
$
43,918

 
$
49,118

 
$
17,303

 
$
20,603

 
$
26,615

 
$
28,515

 
(11
)
 
(16
)
 
(7
)
(a) 
Includes revenues generated primarily from Pfizer CentreSource, our contract manufacturing and bulk pharmaceutical chemical sales organization.

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Biopharmaceutical Revenues
 
Worldwide revenues from biopharmaceutical products were $12.1 billion for the third quarter and $38.3 billion for the first nine months of 2012, reflecting decreases of 18% and 12%, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2011 primarily due to:
the decrease in operational revenues of approximately $2.0 billion in the third quarter and $4.3 billion in the first nine months of 2012 due to the loss of exclusivity of various products in certain markets, including a decrease of $1.9 billion in the third quarter and $4.2 billion in the first nine months of 2012 in operational revenues from branded Lipitor; and
the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange, which resulted in revenue decreases of approximately $605 million in the third quarter and approximately $1.0 billion in the first nine months of 2012;

partially offset by:
a lower reduction in revenues related to the U.S. Healthcare Legislation of $36 million in the third quarter and $126 million in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the loss of exclusivity of Lipitor; and
an increase in operational revenues for certain biopharmaceutical products, particularly Enbrel, Celebrex and Lyrica and in revenues from emerging markets.

Geographically,
in the U.S., revenues from biopharmaceutical products decreased 21% in the third quarter of 2012 and 18% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily reflecting lower revenues from Lipitor, Geodon, Caduet, Effexor, Zosyn, Aromasin and (in the first nine months of 2012 only) Xalatan/Xalacom, all due to loss of exclusivity, and from BMP2 and Detrol/Detrol LA. The impact of these adverse factors was partially offset by the strong performance of certain other biopharmaceutical products and the lower reduction in revenues related to U.S. Healthcare Legislation.
in our international markets, revenues from biopharmaceutical products decreased 16% in the third quarter of 2012 and 8% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the losses of exclusivity of Lipitor in the majority of developed European markets during the second quarter of 2012 and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of 7% in the third quarter of 2012 and 4% in the first nine months of 2012. Operationally, revenues decreased 9% in the third quarter of 2012 and 4% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. In addition to Lipitor, the decrease in operational revenues was driven by Xalatan/Xalacom, Norvasc, Effexor and Aromasin, all due to loss of exclusivity in certain markets, and lower Alliance revenues, primarily due to the loss of exclusivity of Aricept in many major European markets, as well as lower revenues for Spiriva in certain European countries reflecting the final-year terms of our Spiriva collaboration agreements relating to those countries. The impact of these adverse factors was partially offset by the strong operational growth of Lyrica and Enbrel.

During both the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, international revenues from biopharmaceutical products represented 61% of total revenues from biopharmaceutical products, compared to 59% and 58% in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, respectively.

Primary Care Operating Segment
Primary Care unit revenues decreased 39% in the third quarter and 32% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, reflecting lower operational revenues of 37% and 31%, respectively, primarily due to the losses of exclusivity of Lipitor in the U.S. in November 2011, the majority of developed European markets during the second quarter of 2012 and Japan in June 2011, as well as the resulting shift in the reporting of U.S. and Japan Lipitor revenues to the Established Products unit beginning January 1, 2012. These factors impacted Primary Care operational revenues by approximately $2.0 billion, or 34%, in the third quarter of 2012 and by approximately $5.3 billion, or 31%, in the first nine months of 2012.
Collectively, the decline in worldwide revenues for Lipitor and for certain other Primary Care unit products that lost exclusivity in various markets in 2012 and 2011, as well as the resulting shift in the reporting of certain product revenues to the Established Products unit, reduced Primary Care unit revenues by $2.4 billion, or 41%, in comparison

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with the third quarter of 2011, and reduced Primary Care unit revenues by $6.1 billion, or 35%, in comparison with the first nine months of 2011.
The impact of these declines was slightly offset by the strong operational growth of Lyrica and Celebrex in developed markets and Viagra in the U.S.
 
Specialty Care and Oncology Operating Segment
Specialty Care unit revenues decreased 10% in the third quarter and 8% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, due to lower operational revenues of 5% and 6%, respectively, as well as the adverse impact of foreign exchange. Operational revenues were negatively impacted in both periods by the decline in the Prevnar/Prevenar franchise, primarily in the U.S. and developed Europe, as the pediatric catch-up dose opportunity in the third quarter of 2011 was no longer available in the third quarter of 2012 since all patients have already been vaccinated. Additionally, utilization of Prevnar/Prevenar in adults remains minimal at this time.
Specialty Care unit revenues were also unfavorably impacted by the losses of exclusivity of Vfend and Xalatan in the U.S. in February and March 2011, respectively, and the resulting shift in the reporting of Vfend and Xalatan U.S. revenues to the Established Products unit beginning January 1, 2012, as well as the loss of exclusivity of Xalatan in developed Europe in January 2012, and Geodon in the U.S. in March 2012. Collectively, these developments relating to Vfend, Xalatan and Geodon reduced Specialty Care unit revenues by $259 million, or 7%, in comparison with the third quarter of 2011, and reduced Specialty Care unit revenues by $779 million, or 7%, in comparison with the first nine months of 2011.
Operational revenues in both periods were favorably impacted by the growth of Enbrel, Rebif and Benefix.
Oncology unit revenues decreased 1% in the third quarter and 4% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of 5% and 3%, respectively. Operational revenues were unfavorably impacted in both periods by the loss of exclusivity of Aromasin in the majority of European markets in the second half of 2011 and the resulting shift in the reporting of such revenues to the Established Products unit beginning January 1, 2012. This loss of exclusivity reduced Oncology unit revenues by $56 million, or 17%, in comparison with the third quarter of 2011, and reduced Oncology unit revenues by $184 million, or 19%, in comparison with the first nine months of 2011.
Operational revenues in both periods were favorably impacted by the growth of Sutent, as well as the launches of Inlyta and Xalkori.

Established Products and Emerging Markets Operating Segment
Established Products unit revenues increased 7% in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 due to higher operational revenues of 11% and a 4% unfavorable impact of foreign exchange. Established Products unit revenues increased 14% in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 due to higher operational revenues of 16% and a 2% unfavorable impact of foreign exchange. The increases in Established Products unit operational revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were mainly due to the shift in the reporting of branded Lipitor revenues in the U.S. and Japan from the Primary Care unit totaling $320 million and $1.2 billion, respectively, to the Established Products unit beginning January 1, 2012, as well as recent launches of generic versions of certain Pfizer branded primary care and specialty care products, and by contributions from the sales of the authorized generic version of Lipitor in the U.S. by Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Operational revenues in both periods were unfavorably impacted by the entry of multi-source generic competition in the U.S. for donepezil (Aricept) in May 2011, as well as the continuing decline of revenues of certain products that previously lost exclusivity and the impact of ongoing pricing pressures, primarily in South Korea and developed Europe.
Emerging Markets unit revenues decreased 2%, in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, due to an 8% unfavorable impact of foreign exchange, partially offset by higher operational revenues of 6%. Emerging Markets unit revenues increased 4%, in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, due to higher operational revenues of 10%, partially offset by a 6% unfavorable impact of foreign exchange. The increases in Emerging Markets unit operational revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were primarily due to volume growth in China, Mexico and Russia, as a result of more targeted promotional efforts for key innovative and established products, including Lipitor, Norvasc and Lyrica.

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Operational revenue growth in the third quarter of 2012 was partially offset by the timing of government purchases of Prevenar 13 in Turkey in comparison with the year-ago period.

Total revenues from established products in both the Established Products and Emerging Markets units were $3.4 billion, with $1.0 billion generated in emerging markets in the third quarter of 2012, and were $10.9 billion, with $3.0 billion generated in emerging markets in the first nine months of 2012.

Other Product Revenues

Animal Health Operating Segment
Animal Health unit revenues decreased 2% in the third quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, reflecting higher operational revenues of 4%, more than offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of 6%. Operational revenues from Animal Health products were favorably impacted in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily by increased demand across the companion animal and global livestock portfolios in key geographies.
Animal Health unit revenues increased 2% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, reflecting higher operational revenues of 6%, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of 4%. Operational revenues from Animal Health products were favorably impacted in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily by the full nine-month impact of legacy King product revenues in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the partial-period impact in the first nine months of 2011, as well as solid performances in both the global livestock and the companion animal portfolios.

Consumer Healthcare Operating Segment
Consumer Healthcare unit revenues increased 2% in the third quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, reflecting higher operational revenues of 6%, and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of 4%. Consumer Healthcare unit revenues increased 3% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, reflecting higher operational revenues of 5% and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of 2%. The operational revenue increases were primarily due to the addition of products from the acquisitions of Ferrosan Consumer Health in December 2011 and Alacer Corp. in February 2012.

Rebates and Chargebacks

As is typical in the pharmaceutical industry, our gross product sales are subject to a variety of deductions, that generally are estimated and recorded in the same period that the revenues are recognized and primarily represent rebates and discounts to government agencies, wholesalers, distributors and managed care organizations with respect to our pharmaceutical products. These deductions represent estimates of the related obligations and, as such, judgment and knowledge of market conditions and practice are required when estimating the impact of these sales deductions on gross sales for a reporting period. Historically, our adjustments to actual results have not been material to our overall business. On a quarterly basis, our adjustments to actual results generally have been less than 1% of biopharmaceutical product net sales and can result in either a net increase or a net decrease in income. Product-specific rebate charges, however, can have a significant impact on year-over-year individual product growth trends.

The following table provides information about certain deductions from revenues:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Medicaid and related state program rebates(a)
 
$
132

 
$
249

 
$
558

 
$
925

Medicare rebates(a)
 
159

 
372

 
572

 
1,099

Performance-based contract rebates(a), (b)
 
507

 
1,570

 
1,624

 
2,687

Chargebacks(c)
 
969

 
813

 
2,732

 
2,416

Total
 
$
1,767

 
$
3,004

 
$
5,486

 
$
7,127

(a) 
Rebates are product-specific and, therefore, for any given year are impacted by the mix of products sold.
(b) 
Performance-based contract rebates include contract rebates with managed care customers within the U.S., including health maintenance organizations and pharmacy benefit managers, who receive rebates based on the achievement of contracted performance terms and

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claims under these contracts. Performance-based contract rebates also include rebates to wholesalers/distributors based on achievement of contracted performance for specific products or sales milestones.
(c) 
Chargebacks primarily represent reimbursements to wholesalers for honoring contracted prices to third parties.

The total rebates and chargebacks for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were lower compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily as a result of:
the impact of decreased Medicare, Medicaid and performance-based contract rebates contracted for Lipitor and certain other products that have lost exclusivity;
changes in product mix; and
the impact on chargebacks of decreased sales for certain products that have lost exclusivity and decreased sales for certain generic products sold by our Greenstone unit that are subject to chargebacks;

partially offset by, among other factors:

an increase in chargebacks for our branded products as a result of increasing competitive pressures.

Our accruals for Medicaid rebates, Medicare rebates, performance-based contract rebates and chargebacks totaled $2.5 billion as of September 30, 2012, a decrease from $3.3 billion as of December 31, 2011, and primarily are all included in Other current liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.


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Revenues—Major Biopharmaceutical Products

The following table provides revenue information for several of our major biopharmaceutical products:
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Sep 30,
2012

 
 

 
Sep 30,
2012

 
 

Product
 
Primary Indications
 
 
% Change(a)

 
 
% Change(a)

Lipitor
 
Reduction of LDL cholesterol
 
$
749

 
(71
)
 
$
3,364

 
(56
)
Lyrica
 
Epilepsy, post-herpetic neuralgia and diabetic peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury
 
1,036

 
8

 
3,026

 
12

Enbrel (Outside the U.S. and Canada)
 
Rheumatoid, juvenile rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis
 
893

 
(7
)
 
2,780

 
1

Prevnar13/Prevenar 13
 
Vaccine for prevention of pneumococcal disease
 
868

 
(14
)
 
2,725

 
(3
)
Celebrex
 
Arthritis pain and inflammation, acute pain
 
676

 
5

 
1,969

 
6

Viagra
 
Erectile dysfunction
 
517

 
5

 
1,498

 
3

Norvasc
 
Hypertension
 
319

 
(9
)
 
1,001

 
(7
)
Zyvox
 
Bacterial infections
 
328

 
2

 
996

 
3

Sutent
 
Advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and refractory gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
 
294

 
(1
)
 
913

 
5

Premarin family
 
Menopause
 
262

 
(2
)
 
797

 
5

Genotropin
 
Replacement of human growth hormone
 
212

 
(1
)
 
619

 
(5
)
Xalatan/Xalacom
 
Glaucoma and ocular hypertension
 
181

 
(35
)
 
617

 
(36
)
BeneFIX
 
Hemophilia
 
201

 
13

 
577

 
11

Detrol/Detrol LA
 
Overactive bladder
 
176

 
(17
)
 
576

 
(14
)
Vfend
 
Fungal infections
 
187

 
9

 
543

 
(3
)
Chantix/Champix
 
An aid to smoking cessation treatment
 
146

 
(6
)
 
496

 
(9
)
Pristiq
 
Depression
 
152

 
4

 
461

 
9

ReFacto AF/Xyntha
 
Hemophilia
 
150

 
7

 
420

 
11

Revatio
 
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
 
135

 
(4
)
 
414

 
5

Zoloft
 
Depression and certain anxiety disorders
 
129

 
(7
)
 
398

 
(5
)
Medrol
 
Inflammation
 
113

 
(11
)
 
388

 
1

Zosyn/Tazocin
 
Antibiotic
 
109

 
(27
)
 
378

 
(23
)
Effexor
 
Depression and certain anxiety disorders
 
107

 
(35
)
 
342

 
(36
)
Geodon/Zeldox
 
Schizophrenia; acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder; maintenance treatment of bipolar mania
 
57

 
(78
)
 
322

 
(57
)
Zithromax/Zmax
 
Bacterial infections
 
89

 
(4
)
 
318

 
(5
)
Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent)
 
Vaccine for prevention of pneumococcal disease
 
81

 
(17
)
 
303

 
(25
)
Fragmin
 
Anticoagulant
 
91

 
(4
)
 
283

 

Relpax
 
Treats the symptoms of migraine headaches
 
92

 
7

 
266

 
6

Rapamune
 
Immunosuppressant
 
92

 
(4
)
 
259

 
(9
)
Cardura
 
Hypertension/Benign prostatic hyperplasia
 
79

 
(14
)
 
254

 
(12
)
Aricept(b)
 
Alzheimer’s disease
 
71

 
(39
)
 
249

 
(26
)
Tygacil
 
Antibiotic
 
82

 
8

 
249

 
11

EpiPen(c)
 
Epinephrine injection used in treatment of life-threatening allergic reactions
 
67

 
14

 
217

 
36

Xanax XR
 
Anxiety disorders
 
66

 
(14
)
 
203

 
(13
)
BMP2
 
Development of bone and cartilage
 
58

 
(30
)
 
192

 
(31
)
Caduet
 
Reduction of LDL cholesterol and hypertension
 
68

 
(55
)
 
191

 
(56
)
Sulperazon
 
Antibiotic
 
62

 
22

 
191

 
23

Diflucan
 
Fungal Infections
 
61

 
(15
)
 
185

 
(8
)
Dalacin/Cleocin
 
Antibiotic
 
74

 
45

 
176

 
27

Neurontin
 
Seizures
 
52

 
(22
)
 
172

 
(23
)
Unasyn
 
Injectable antibacterial
 
54

 
(7
)
 
165

 
(4
)
Aromasin
 
Breast cancer
 
51

 
(40
)
 
162

 
(45
)
Arthrotec
 
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
 
50

 
(18
)
 
159

 
(13
)
Inspra
 
Hypertension
 
51

 

 
156

 
10

Toviaz
 
Overactive bladder
 
52

 
6

 
150

 
9

Metaxalone/Skelaxin(c)
 
Muscle relaxer
 
55

 
(4
)
 
149

 
3

Methotrexate
 
Rheumatoid arthritis
 
50

 
(2
)
 
148

 
11

Protonix
 
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
 
50

 
(23
)
 
140

 
(17
)
Alliance revenues(d)
 
Various
 
879

 
(4
)
 
2,577

 
(4
)
All other(e)
 
Various
 
1,643

 
2

 
5,187

 
7

(a) 
As compared to the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011, respectively.
(b) 
Represents direct sales under license agreement with Eisai Co., Ltd.
(c) 
Legacy King product. King’s operations are included in our financial statements commencing from the acquisition date of January 31, 2011.
(d) 
Enbrel (in the U.S. and Canada), Aricept, Exforge, Rebif and Spiriva.
(e) 
Includes sales of generic atorvastatin.

Certain amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments.

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Biopharmaceutical––Selected Product Descriptions
Lipitor, for the treatment of elevated LDL-cholesterol levels in the blood, recorded worldwide revenues of $749 million, or a decrease of 71%, in the third quarter of 2012, and $3.4 billion, or a decrease of 56%, in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, due to:
the impact of loss of exclusivity in Japan in June 2011 (with generic entry occurring in November 2011), the U.S. (with generic entry occurring in November 2011 and multi-source generic entry occurring in May 2012), Australia in April 2012 and twelve European markets in March and May 2012, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK;
the continuing impact of an intensely competitive lipid-lowering market with competition from generics and branded products worldwide; and
increased payer pressure worldwide, including the need for flexible rebate policies.
 
Geographically,
in the U.S., branded Lipitor revenues were $192 million, a decrease of 87% in the third quarter of 2012, and $871 million, a decrease of 79% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011; and
in our international markets, branded Lipitor revenues were $557 million, a decrease of 51%, in the third quarter of 2012, and $2.5 billion, a decrease of 26%, in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. Foreign exchange had an unfavorable impact on international revenues of $31 million in the third quarter and $59 million in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011.

See the “Our Operating Environment” section of this MD&A for a discussion concerning losses of exclusivity for Lipitor in various markets that have impacted our results in 2012.
Lyrica is indicated for the management of post-herpetic neuralgia, neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the management of fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury, and as adjunctive therapy for adult patients with partial onset seizures in the U.S. For certain countries outside the U.S., Lyrica is indicated for neuropathic pain (peripheral and central), the management of fibromyalgia, adjunctive treatment of epilepsy and general anxiety disorder. Lyrica recorded increases in worldwide revenues of 8% in the third quarter of 2012 and 12% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. There was strong operational performance in international markets in the third quarter of 2012, including Japan, where Lyrica was launched in 2010 as the first product approved for the peripheral neuropathic pain (NeP) indication. Internationally, Lyrica revenues increased 4% in the third quarter of 2012 and 14% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, with the growth due to a focus on enhancing the neuropathic pain diagnosis and treatment rates, the successful re-launch of the general anxiety disorder indication in the EU and physician education regarding neuropathic pain in Japan. Foreign exchange had an unfavorable impact on international revenues of 10% in the third quarter and 6% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. In the U.S., revenues increased 13% in the third quarter of 2012 and 10% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. Notwithstanding these increases, U.S. revenues continue to be affected by increased competition from generic versions of competitive medicines, as well as managed care pricing and formulary pressures.
Enbrel, for the treatment of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis, polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis, recorded a decrease in worldwide revenues, excluding the U.S. and Canada, of 7% in the third quarter of 2012 and recorded an increase in worldwide revenues of 1% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, with the third quarter decline attributable to the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange, partially offset by overall growth in the anti-TNF biologic market. Enbrel revenues from the U.S. and Canada are included in Alliance revenues.

Under our co-promotion agreement with Amgen Inc. (Amgen), we co-promote Enbrel in the U.S. and Canada and share in the profits from Enbrel sales in those countries, which we include in Alliance revenues. Our co-promotion agreement with Amgen will expire in October 2013, and, subject to the terms of the agreement, we are entitled to a royalty stream for 36 months thereafter, which we expect will be significantly less than our current share of Enbrel profits from U.S. and Canadian sales. Following the end of the royalty period, we will not be entitled to any further revenues from Enbrel sales in the U.S. and Canada. Our exclusive rights to Enbrel outside the U.S. and Canada will not be affected by the expiration of the co-promotion agreement with Amgen.

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Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13 is our 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention of various syndromes of pneumococcal disease in infants and young children and in adults 50 years of age and older. Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13 for use in infants and young children has been launched in the U.S. for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by the 13 serotypes in Prevnar 13 and otitis media caused by the seven serotypes in Prevnar, and in the EU and many other international markets for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease, otitis media and pneumococcal pneumonia caused by the vaccine serotypes. In 2011, we received approval of Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13 for use in adults 50 years of age and older in the U.S. for the prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease caused by the 13 serotypes in Prevnar 13, and in the EU for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by the vaccine serotypes. To date, Prevenar 13 for use in adults 50 years of age and older has been approved in over 55 countries. Worldwide revenues for Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13 decreased 14% in the third quarter of 2012 and 3% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. In the U.S., revenues for Prevnar 13 decreased 3% in the third quarter of 2012 and 7% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. Developed Europe Prevenar 13 revenues also were lower in the third quarter and the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period of 2011. Revenues in the U.S. and developed Europe declined as the pediatric catch-up dose opportunity in third-quarter 2011 was no longer available in third-quarter 2012 since all eligible patients have been vaccinated. In addition, utilization in adults is minimal at this time. Prevenar 13 revenues in emerging markets were lower in the third quarter of 2012, compared to the same period last year, due to the timing of government purchases in Turkey.
We currently are conducting the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA) to fulfill requirements in connection with the FDA’s approval of the Prevnar 13 adult indication under its accelerated approval program. CAPiTA is an efficacy trial involving subjects 65 years of age and older that is designed to evaluate whether Prevnar 13 is effective in preventing the first episode of community-acquired pneumonia caused by the serotypes contained in the vaccine. We estimate that this event-driven trial will be completed in 2013. At its regular meeting held on February 22, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) indicated that it will defer voting on a recommendation for the routine use of Prevnar 13 in adults 50 years of age and older until the results of CAPiTA, as well as data on the impact of pediatric use of Prevnar 13 on the disease burden and serotype distribution among adults, are available. The rate of uptake for the use of Prevnar 13 in adults 50 years of age and older has been impacted by ACIP’s decision to defer voting on a recommendation for the routine use of Prevnar 13 in that population. At its regular meeting held on June 20, 2012, ACIP voted to recommend the use of Prevnar 13 for adults 19 years of age and older with immuno-compromising conditions such as HIV infections, cancer, advanced kidney disease and other immuno-compromising conditions. This recommendation is based on the disproportionate burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in this patient population.
Celebrex, indicated for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis worldwide and for the management of acute pain in adults in the U.S., Japan and certain markets in the EU, recorded increases in worldwide revenues of 5% in the third quarter of 2012 and 6% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. In the third quarter of 2012, strong operational performance in international markets was driven primarily by Japan volume growth for the lower back pain indication. In the U.S., prescription volume continues to be challenged by increased competition from generic versions of competitive medicines and managed care formulary pressures. Celebrex is supported by continued educational and promotional efforts highlighting its efficacy and safety profile for appropriate patients.
Viagra, indicated for the treatment for erectile dysfunction. Viagra worldwide revenues increased 5% in the third quarter of 2012 and 3% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, due to the increase in U.S. revenues partially offset by branded and generic competitive pressure in developed Europe, other developed markets and emerging markets. The increase in the U.S. more than offset the decrease in international markets due to operational factors and the adverse impact of foreign exchange.
Norvasc, for treating hypertension, lost exclusivity in the U.S. and other major markets in 2007 and in Canada in 2009. Norvasc worldwide revenues decreased 9% in the third quarter of 2012 and 7% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011.
Zyvox is the world's best-selling branded agent among those used to treat serious Gram-positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus-aureus. Zyvox worldwide revenues increased 2% in the third quarter of 2012 and 3% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to growth in emerging markets.
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pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Sutent worldwide revenues decreased 1% in the third quarter of 2012 and increased 5% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. The third quarter decline was attributable to the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange, partially offset by strong operational performance driven in the U.S. by price increases and volume growth due to targeted marketing efforts, and in emerging markets, by increased market share. We continue to drive operational revenue and prescription growth, supported by cost-effectiveness, efficacy and therapy management data. As of September 30, 2012, Sutent was the most prescribed oral mRCC therapy in the U.S.
Our Premarin family of products remains the leading therapy to help women address moderate-to-severe menopausal symptoms. It recorded a decrease in worldwide revenues of 2% in the third quarter of 2012 and an increase of 5% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. In the U.S., in the third quarter of 2012, the continued decline in market share was largely offset by favorable wholesaler inventory levels, price increases in January and July 2012 and favorable rebates. Internationally, the third-quarter decline was attributable to foreign exchange, as well as conversion of new packaging requirements in select markets and the continued decline in government sales.
Genotropin, one of the world’s leading human growth hormones, is used in children for the treatment of short stature with growth hormone deficiency, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Small for Gestational Age Syndrome, Idiopathic Short Stature (in the U.S. only) and Chronic Renal Insufficiency (outside the U.S. only), as well as in adults with growth hormone deficiency. Genotropin is supported by a broad platform of innovative injection-delivery devices and patient-support programs. Genotropin worldwide revenues decreased 1% in the third quarter of 2012 and 5% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011.
Xalabrands consists of Xalatan, a prostaglandin, which is a branded agent used to reduce elevated eye pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, and Xalacom, a fixed combination prostaglandin (Xalatan) and beta blocker (timolol) available outside the U.S. Xalatan/Xalacom worldwide revenues decreased 35% in the third quarter of 2012 and 36% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. Lower revenues were due primarily to the loss of exclusivity in the U.S. in March 2011 and in the majority of European markets in January 2012.
BeneFIX and ReFacto AF/Xyntha are hemophilia products using state-of-the-art manufacturing that assist patients with a lifelong bleeding disorder. BeneFIX is the only available recombinant factor IX product for the treatment of hemophilia B, while ReFacto AF/Xyntha are recombinant factor VIII products for the treatment of hemophilia A. Both products are indicated for the control and prevention of bleeding in patients with these disorders and in some countries also are indicated for prophylaxis in certain situations, such as surgery. BeneFIX recorded increases in worldwide revenues of 13% in the third quarter of 2012 and 11% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily as a result of increases in the U.S. due to the launch of the new larger 3000IU dosage pack and price increases. ReFacto AF/Xyntha recorded increases in worldwide revenues of 7% in the third quarter of 2012 and 11% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, driven by the successful transition of patients to Xyntha in Australia after winning the tender there earlier in 2012, the launch of a new dual chamber syringe, as well as a price increase in the U.S.
Detrol/Detrol LA, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, is one of the most prescribed branded medicines worldwide for overactive bladder. Detrol LA is an extended-release formulation taken once a day. Detrol/Detrol LA worldwide revenues decreased 17% in the third quarter of 2012 and 14% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to increased competition from other branded medicines and a shift in promotional focus to our Toviaz product in most major markets. Detrol immediate release (Detrol IR) lost exclusivity in the U.S. in September 2012. We expect generic competition for Detrol LA in the U.S. to commence no earlier than January 1, 2014, except in certain limited circumstances, and no later than March 1, 2014.
Vfend is a broad-spectrum agent for treating yeast and molds. Vfend worldwide revenues increased 9% in the third quarter of 2012 and decreased 3% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. International revenues decreased 3% in both the third quarter of 2012 and the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, due to foreign exchange and supply constraints. Revenues in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2012 increased compared to the same period in 2011, primarily due to rebates accounted for in 2011, partially offset by the loss of exclusivity of Vfend tablets and the launch of generic voriconazole (generic Vfend) in February 2011.
Chantix/Champix is an aid to smoking-cessation treatment in adults 18 years of age and older. Chantix/Champix worldwide revenues decreased 6% in the third quarter of 2012 and 9% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the impact of changes to the product’s label, negative media exposure across several key markets and macro-economic decline, which decreased patient willingness to pay out of pocket. We

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are continuing our educational and promotional efforts, which are focused on addressing the significant health consequences of smoking, highlighting the Chantix/Champix benefit-risk proposition, emphasizing the importance of the physician-patient dialogue in helping patients quit smoking and identifying alternative treatment-funding models.
Pristiq is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder in the U.S. and in various other countries. Pristiq has also been approved for treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) associated with menopause in Thailand, Mexico, the Philippines and Ecuador. Pristiq recorded increases in worldwide revenues of 4% in the third quarter of 2012 and 9% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to price increases as well as market growth partially offset by lower prescription share in the U.S., and internationally by further penetration in existing markets.
Revatio is for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Worldwide revenues decreased 4% in the third quarter of 2012 and increased 5% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. The third quarter decline was primarily attributable to the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange, partially offset by an increased PAH awareness driving earlier diagnosis in the U.S. and EU. In the U.S., Revatio tablet lost exclusivity in September 2012, and Revatio intravenous injection will lose exclusivity in May 2013.
Zosyn/Tazocin, our broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic, faces generic global competition. U.S. exclusivity was lost in September 2009. Zosyn/Tazocin recorded decreases in worldwide revenues of 27% in the third quarter of 2012 and 23% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011.
Effexor, an antidepressant for treating adult patients with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and panic disorder, faces generic competition in most markets. It recorded decreases in worldwide revenues of 35% in the third quarter of 2012 and 36% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011.
Geodon/Zeldox, an atypical antipsychotic, is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia, as monotherapy for the acute treatment of bipolar manic or mixed episodes, and as an adjunct to lithium or valproate for the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. Geodon worldwide revenues decreased 78% in the third quarter of 2012 and 57% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to loss of exclusivity in the U.S. in March 2012.
Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent), our 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for preventing invasive, and, in certain international markets, non-invasive pneumococcal disease in infants and young children, recorded decreases in worldwide revenues of 17% in the third quarter of 2012 and 25% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011. Many markets have transitioned from the use of Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent) to Prevnar 13/Prevenar 13, resulting in lower revenues for Prevnar/Prevenar (7-valent). We expect this trend to continue.
Caduet is a single-pill therapy combining Lipitor and Norvasc for the prevention of cardiovascular events. Caduet worldwide revenues decreased 55% in the third quarter of 2012 and 56% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the loss of U.S. exclusivity in November 2011.
Xalkori, for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive as detected by an FDA-approved test, was approved by the FDA in August 2011. In developed markets, Xalkori has also been approved in Japan, South Korea, Canada and Switzerland, and it received conditional marketing authorization in the EU in October 2012. In addition, it has been filed or approved in more than 25 emerging markets. Xalkori recorded worldwide revenues of $38 million in the third quarter of 2012, and $78 million in the first nine months of 2012.
Inlyta, for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma after failure of a prior systemic treatment, has been approved in the U.S., Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Australia, South Korea and the EU (exact indications vary by region). Inlyta recorded worldwide revenues of $28 million in the third quarter of 2012, and $53 million in the first nine months of 2012.
Worldwide alliance revenues decreased 4% in both the third quarter of 2012 and the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, mainly due to the loss of exclusivity for Aricept 5mg and 10mg tablets in the U.S. in November 2010 and the entry of multi-source generic competition in the U.S. in May 2011, as well as the loss of exclusivity in many major European markets in February 2012, and lower revenues for Spiriva in certain European countries due to the expiration of our collaboration with BI in those countries, partially offset by the strong performance of Enbrel and Rebif in the U.S. We expect that the Aricept 23mg tablet will have exclusivity in the U.S. until July 2013. See the “Industry-Specific Challenges” section of this MD&A for a discussion regarding the

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expiration of various contract rights relating to Spiriva and Aricept in 2012. ELIQUIS (apixaban) is being jointly developed and commercialized by Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). The two companies share with respect to the approved indication in the EU and, if and when indications for ELIQUIS are approved in various markets, will share on a global basis commercialization expenses and profit/losses equally. See the "Research and DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentsBiopharmaceutical" section of this MD&A for additional information regarding ELIQUIS (apixaban).

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies for a discussion of recent developments concerning patent and product litigation relating to certain of the products discussed above.

Embeda—On February 23, 2011, we stopped distribution of our Embeda product due to failed specification tolerance related to naltrexone degradation identified in post-manufacturing testing. On March 10, 2011, we initiated a voluntary recall to wholesale and retail customers of all Embeda products. We have been actively pursuing several possible pathways to address the stability issues that would enable us to resume marketing this product. We met with the FDA in May 2012 to discuss our proposal for reintroduction of Embeda to the market. The required stability programs are underway, and we anticipate submission of a prior approval supplemental in the first quarter of 2013.

Research and Development

Research and Development Operations

Innovation is critical to the success of our company and drug discovery and development is time-consuming, expensive and unpredictable, particularly for human health products. As a result, and also because we are predominately a human health company, the vast majority of our R&D spending is associated with human health products, compounds and activities.

The following table provides information about our Research and development expenses:
 
 
Research and Development Expenses
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
Change

Primary Care Operating Segment(a)
 
$
247

 
$
286

 
(14
)
 
$
739

 
$
912

 
(19
)
Specialty Care and Oncology Operating Segment(a)
 
345

 
400

 
(14
)
 
1,044

 
1,122

 
(7
)
Established Products and Emerging Markets Operating Segment(a)
 
84

 
71

 
18

 
223

 
206

 
8

Other operating segments(a), (b)
 
357

 
98

 
264

 
551

 
304

 
81

Worldwide Research and Development/Pfizer Medical(c)
 
655

 
833

 
(21
)
 
1,999

 
2,536

 
(21
)
Corporate and other(d)
 
293

 
488

 
(40
)
 
1,178

 
1,407

 
(16
)
 
 
$
1,981

 
$
2,176

 
(9
)
 
$
5,734

 
$
6,487

 
(12
)
(a) 
Our operating segments, in addition to their sales and marketing responsibilities, are responsible for certain development activities. Generally, these responsibilities relate to additional indications for in-line products and IPR&D projects that have achieved proof-of-concept. R&D spending may include upfront and milestone payments for intellectual property rights.
(b) 
Includes the Animal Health operating segment and the Consumer Healthcare operating segment. The increase in 2012 relates to a $250 million payment to AstraZeneca to obtain the exclusive global over-the-counter rights to Nexium.
(c) 
Worldwide Research and Development is generally responsible for human health research projects until proof-of-concept is achieved, and then for transitioning those projects to the appropriate business unit for possible clinical and commercial development. R&D spending may include upfront and milestone payments for intellectual property rights. This organization also has responsibility for certain science-based and other platform-services organizations, which provide technical expertise and other services to the various R&D projects. Worldwide Research and Development is also responsible for all human-health-related regulatory submissions and interactions with regulatory agencies, including all safety-event activities. Pfizer Medical is responsible for external affairs relating to all therapeutic areas, providing Pfizer-related medical information to healthcare providers, patients and other parties, and quality assurance and regulatory compliance activities, which include conducting clinical trial audits and readiness reviews. The decreases in both the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 result from cost savings associated with the R&D productivity initiative announced on February 1, 2011 (see the “Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives” section of this MD&A).
(d) 
Corporate and other includes unallocated costs, primarily facility costs, information technology, share-based compensation, and restructuring-related costs. The decreases in the third quarter and the first nine months of 2012 results primarily from lower additional

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depreciation associated with the R&D productivity initiative announced on February 1, 2011 (see the “Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives” section of this MD&A).

Product Developments—Biopharmaceutical
 
We continue to invest in R&D to provide potential future sources of revenues through the development of new products, as well as through additional uses for in-line and alliance products. Notwithstanding our efforts, there are no assurances as to when, or if, we will receive regulatory approval for additional indications for existing products or any of our other products in development.

We continue to closely evaluate our global research and development function and pursue strategies to improve innovation and overall productivity by prioritizing areas with the greatest scientific and commercial promise, utilizing appropriate risk/return profiles and focusing on areas with the highest potential to deliver value in the near term and over time. To that end, our research primarily focuses on five high-priority areas that have a mix of small and large molecules––immunology and inflammation; oncology; cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine diseases; neuroscience and pain; and vaccines.

Our development pipeline, which is updated quarterly, can be found at www.pfizer.com/pipeline. It includes an overview of our research and a list of compounds in development with targeted indication, phase of development and, for late-stage programs, mechanism of action. The information currently in our development pipeline is accurate as of November 8, 2012.

The following series of tables provides information about significant regulatory actions by, and filings pending with, the FDA and regulatory authorities in the EU and Japan, as well as additional indications and new drug candidates in late-stage development.

RECENT FDA APPROVALS
PRODUCT
INDICATION
DATE APPROVED
XELJANZ (Tofacitinib)
Treatment of moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis

November 2012
BOSULIF (Bosutinib)
Treatment of previously treated chronic myelogenous leukemia
September 2012
Lyrica
Treatment of central neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury
June 2012
ELELYSO (taliglucerase alfa)(a)
Treatment of adults with a confirmed diagnosis of type 1 Gaucher disease
May 2012
INLYTA (Axitinib)
Treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma after failure of one prior systemic therapy
January 2012
Prevnar 13 Adult
Prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive disease in adults 50 years of age and older
December 2011
(a) 
In November 2009, we entered into a license and supply agreement with Protalix BioTherapeutics, which provides us exclusive worldwide rights, except in Israel, to develop and commercialize ELELYSO (taliglucerase alpha) for the treatment of Gaucher disease.

PENDING U.S. NEW DRUG APPLICATIONS (NDA) AND SUPPLEMENTAL FILINGS
PRODUCT
INDICATION
DATE FILED*
Tafamidis meglumine(a)
Treatment of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP)
February 2012
Apixaban(b)
Prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
November 2011
Genotropin(c)
Replacement of human growth hormone deficiency (Mark VII multidose disposable device)
December 2009
Celebrex(d)
Chronic pain
October 2009
Geodon(e)
Treatment of bipolar disorder––pediatric filing
December 2008
Remoxy(g)f
Management of moderate-to-severe pain when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period of time
August 2008
Spiriva(g)
Respimat device for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
January 2008
Viviant(h)
Osteoporosis treatment and prevention
August 2006
* The dates set forth in this column are the dates on which the FDA accepted our submissions.


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(a) 
In May 2012, the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted that the tafamidis meglumine data provide substantial evidence of efficacy for a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict a clinical benefit. In June 2012, the FDA issued a “complete response” letter with respect to the tafamidis NDA. The FDA is requesting the completion of a second efficacy study to establish substantial evidence of effectiveness and also is asking for additional information on the data within the current tafamidis NDA. We have requested a meeting with the FDA in order to discuss the next steps regarding the tafamidis NDA.
(b) 
Apixaban is being developed in collaboration with our alliance partner, BMS. On June 22, 2012, the FDA issued a “complete response” letter for apixaban for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. The “complete response” letter requests additional information on data management and verification from the ARISTOTLE trial. The FDA has not requested that the companies complete any new studies. On September 26, 2012, the companies announced the FDA acknowledged receipt of the NDA resubmission for apixaban and deemed the resubmission a complete response to its “complete response” letter. The FDA assigned a new Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of March 17, 2013.
(c) 
In April 2010, we received a “complete response” letter from the FDA for the Genotropin Mark VII multidose disposable device submission. In August 2010, we submitted our response to address the requests and recommendations included in the FDA letter. In April 2011, we received a second “complete response” letter from the FDA, requesting additional information. We are working to address the FDA’s requests for additional information.
(d) 
In June 2010, we received a “complete response” letter from the FDA for the Celebrex chronic pain supplemental NDA. The supplemental NDA remains pending while we await the completion of ongoing studies to determine next steps.
(e) 
In October 2009, we received a “complete response” letter from the FDA with respect to the supplemental NDA for Geodon for the treatment of acute bipolar mania in children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 years. In October 2010, we submitted our response. In April 2010, we received a “warning letter” from the FDA with respect to the clinical trial in support of this supplemental NDA. We developed corrective actions and procedures to address the issues raised in the “warning letter." In April 2011, we received a second “complete response" letter from the FDA in which the FDA indicated that, in its view, the reliability of the data supporting the filing had not yet been demonstrated, and that the fulfillment of the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA) commitment for the study had been rescinded. While we are working with the FDA to develop a plan for moving forward to fulfill the PREA commitment, such an action would not extend Geodon exclusivity for an additional six months because we lost exclusivity for Geodon in the U.S. in March 2012.
(f) 
In 2005, King entered into an agreement with Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (PT) to develop and commercialize Remoxy. In August 2008, the FDA accepted the NDA for Remoxy that had been submitted by King and PT. In December 2008, the FDA issued a “complete response” letter. In March 2009, King exercised its right under the agreement with PT to assume sole control and responsibility for the development of Remoxy. In December 2010, King resubmitted the NDA for Remoxy with the FDA. In June 2011, we and PT announced that a “complete response” letter was received from the FDA with regard to the resubmission of the NDA. We have been working to address the issues raised in the letter, which primarily relate to manufacturing. We have analyzed the results from two, recently completed bioavailability studies, as well as data from other experiments that were conducted to optimize the formulation composition and analytical methods for Remoxy. While we have gained important insights from this work, we have initiated a confirmatory bioavailability study to assess the pharmacokinetic profile of modified Remoxy formulation compositions, which we expect to read out early in 2013. The results of this study will provide us with much greater clarity as to whether or not we will be able to adequately address the questions raised in the “complete response” letter received from the FDA. We are targeting a late-March meeting with the FDA to discuss our plan to address the June 2011 “complete response" letter.
(g) 
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), our alliance partner, holds the NDAs for Spiriva Handihaler and Spiriva Respimat. In September 2008, BI received a “complete response” letter from the FDA for the Spiriva Respimat submission. The FDA is seeking additional data, and we are coordinating with BI, which is working with the FDA to provide the additional information. A full response will be submitted to the FDA upon the completion of planned and ongoing studies.
(h) 
Two “approvable” letters were received by Wyeth in April and December 2007 from the FDA for Viviant (bazedoxifene), for the prevention of post-menopausal osteoporosis, that set forth the additional requirements for approval. In May 2008, Wyeth received an “approvable” letter from the FDA for the treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis. The FDA is seeking additional data, and we have been systematically working through these requirements and seeking to address the FDA’s concerns. A full response will be provided to the FDA. In February 2008, the FDA advised Wyeth that it expects to convene an advisory committee to review the pending NDAs for both the treatment and prevention indications after we submit our response to the “approvable” letters. In April 2009, Wyeth received approval in the EU for CONBRIZA (the EU trade name for Viviant) for the treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis in women at increased risk of fracture. Viviant was also approved in Japan in July 2010 for the treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis and in South Korea in November 2011 for the treatment and prevention of post-menopausal osteoporosis.

On August 30, 2012, we were informed by the FDA that the supplemental NDA for Revatio was not approved for pediatric patients due to safety concerns, particularly with regard to the chronic use of Revatio in children.


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REGULATORY APPROVALS AND FILINGS IN THE EU AND JAPAN
PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT
DATE APPROVED
DATE FILED*
Xalkori (Crizotinib)
Conditional marketing authorization in the EU for treatment of previously treated ALK-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer
October 2012
INLYTA (Axitinib)
Approval in the EU for treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma after failure of prior systemic treatment
September 2012
Sutent
Approval in Japan for treatment of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
August 2012
Bazedoxifene-conjugated estrogens
Application filed in the EU for treatment of symptoms associated with menopause and osteoporosis
July 2012
Prevenar 13 Infant
Application filed in Japan for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants and young children
July 2012
Lyrica (Pregabalin)
Approval in Japan for treatment of fibromyalgia
June 2012
INLYTA (Axitinib)
Approval in Japan for treatment of renal cell carcinoma not indicated for curative resection, metastatic renal cell carcinoma
June 2012
Xalkori (Crizotinib)
Approval in Japan for treatment of ALK-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer
March 2012
Lyrica (Pregabalin)
Application filed in Japan for treatment of neuropathic pain: peripheral neuropathic pain, central neuropathic pain
March 2012
Toviaz
Application filed in Japan for treatment of overactive bladder
March 2012
Tofacitinib
Application filed in Japan for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
December 2011
Celecox (Celebrex)
Approval in Japan for treatment of acute pain: post-operative, post-trauma, post-tooth extraction
December 2011
Apixaban
Application filed in Japan for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
December 2011
Vyndaqel (Tafamidis meglumine)
Approval in the EU for treatment of TTR-FAP in adult patients with stage 1 symptomatic polyneuropathy
November 2011
Tofacitinib
Application filed in the EU for treatment of moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis
November 2011
ELIQUIS (Apixaban)(a)
Application filed in the EU for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
October 2011
Bosutinib(b)
Application filed in the EU for treatment of previously treated chronic myelogenous leukemia
August 2011
*
For applications in the EU, the dates set forth in this column are the dates on which the European Medicines Agency (EMA) validated our submissions.

(a) 
In September 2012, the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued an opinion recommending that ELIQUIS (apixaban) be granted approval for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and one or more risk factors for stroke.
(b) 
The initial application was for the treatment of newly diagnosed chronic myelogenous leukemia.

In June 2012, the CHMP issued an opinion recommending against the approval of taliglucercase alfa for the treatment of Gaucher disease. As part of its opinion, the CHMP gave a positive risk-benefit assessment for taliglucerase alfa, concluding that the benefits of the medicine outweigh its risks in the treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease. Despite the positive risk-benefit assessment, the CHMP did not recommend approval due to Shire plc’s velaglucerase alfa, which received prior marketing authorization with orphan drug designation for the same condition and, as a result, has orphan market exclusivity in the EU for ten years from the time of its authorization in August 2010. We pursued a request for derogation from Shire’s orphan market exclusivity based on a number of factors. That request, however, was denied. In November 2012, the European Commission endorsed the CHMP's recommendation and declined to grant marketing authorization for taliglucerase alfa.

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LATE-STAGE CLINICAL PROGRAMS FOR ADDITIONAL USES AND DOSAGE FORMS
FOR IN-LINE AND IN-REGISTRATION PRODUCTS
PRODUCT
INDICATION
Bazedoxifene-conjugated estrogens
A tissue-selective estrogen complex for the treatment of symptoms associated with menopause and osteoporosis (U.S.)
ELIQUIS (Apixaban)
For the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism, which is being developed in collaboration with BMS
INLYTA (Axitinib)(a)
Oral and selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1, 2 & 3 for the treatment of adjuvant renal cell carcinoma (Asia only)
Lyrica (Pregabalin)
Peripheral neuropathic pain; CR (once-a-day) dosing
Sutent
Adjuvant renal cell carcinoma
Tofacitinib
A JAK kinase inhibitor for the treatment of psoriasis and ulcerative colitis
Xalkori (Crizotinib)
An oral ALK and c-Met inhibitor for the treatment of ALK-positive 1st and 2nd line (supports full approval in the U.S.) non-small cell lung cancer
Zithromax/chloroquine
Malaria
(a) 
In October 2012, we announced that Phase 3 study AGILE 1051 of INLYTA® (axitinib) did not meet its primary endpoint of demonstrating statistically significantly longer progression-free survival, versus sorafenib, in treatment-naïve patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). We are analyzing the study findings to determine whether further evaluation of INLYTA in specific subpopulations of treatment-naïve patients with advanced RCC would be warranted.

In November 2012, we and our alliance partner, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Auxilium), announced that we are amending our collaboration agreement for the development, commercialization and supply of Xiapex in the EU and certain other European and Eurasian countries (the Collaboration Agreement). As a result of this amendment, the Collaboration Agreement will terminate no later than April 24, 2013. Prior to the mutual termination date, the parties will continue to perform all of their obligations as described in the Collaboration Agreement. After the termination date, rights to commercialize Xiapex in those markets and further development of the indication for Peyronie's disease will revert to Auxilium.

In October 2011, we announced Phase 3 study results comparing the Eraxis/Vfend combination for the treatment of aspergillosis fungal infections to Vfend monotherapy. In the primary analysis, treatment with the combination of Vfend and Eraxis resulted in a lower all-cause mortality rate at six weeks compared to Vfend alone. However, this difference in mortality did not achieve the pre-specified threshold for statistical superiority. The safety and tolerability of the combination of Vfend and Eraxis in this study were similar to those of Vfend monotherapy. Based on these results, we have decided to discontinue further development of the Eraxis/Vfend combination.

NEW DRUG CANDIDATES IN LATE-STAGE DEVELOPMENT
CANDIDATE
INDICATION
ALO-02
A Mu-type opioid receptor agonist for the management of moderate-to-severe pain when a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic is needed for an extended period of time
Dacomitinib
A pan-HER tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of previously treated advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Inotuzumab ozogamicin
An antibody drug conjugate, consisting of an anti-CD22 monotherapy antibody linked to a cytotoxic agent, calicheamycin, for the treatment of aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia
MnB rLP2086
(PF-05212366)
A prophylactic vaccine for prevention of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B invasive disease in adolescents and young adults (ages 11 - 25)
Tanezumab(a)
An anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibody for the treatment of pain
(a) 
Following requests by the FDA in 2010, we suspended and subsequently terminated worldwide the osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy studies of tanezumab. The FDA’s requests followed a small number of reports of osteoarthritis patients treated with tanezumab who experienced the worsening of osteoarthritis leading to total joint replacement and also reflected the FDA’s concerns regarding the potential for such events in other patient populations. In December 2010, the FDA placed a clinical hold on all other anti-nerve growth factor therapies under clinical investigation in the U.S. Studies of tanezumab in cancer pain were allowed to continue. Extensive analyses were undertaken of all total joint replacements reported in studies of tanezumab. The results of these analyses and the conclusions drawn were provided to the FDA. On March 12, 2012, the FDA’s Arthritis Advisory Committee met to discuss the future development of nerve growth factor inhibitors, including tanezumab. The Committee voted that there is a role for the ongoing development of nerve growth factor inhibitors in conditions such as osteoarthritis and for the management of pain associated with conditions other than osteoarthritis for which there are no agents with demonstrated analgesic effect. We submitted a Clinical Hold Complete Response to the FDA on July 31, 2012. On August 28, 2012, the FDA removed the clinical hold

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completely from the tanezumab program for all indications. We intend to continue work in chronic pain conditions where we already have substantial experience with tanezumab and are in the process of considering the appropriate path forward.

Additional product-related programs are in various stages of discovery and development. Also, see the discussion in the “Our Business Development Initiatives” section of this MD&A.

Costs and Expenses

Cost of Sales

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Cost of sales
 
$
2,665

 
$
3,409

 
(22
)
 
$
8,162

 
$
10,449

 
(22
)

Cost of sales decreased 22% in the third quarter of 2012 and 22% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to:
a decline in revenues related to products that lost exclusivity in various markets;
lower purchase accounting charges, primarily reflecting the fair value adjustments to acquired inventory from Wyeth and King that was subsequently sold;
lower costs related to our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives in the first nine months of 2012, as well as the higher benefits generated from the ongoing productivity initiatives to streamline the manufacturing network both in the first nine months and third quarter of 2012; and
the favorable impact of foreign exchange of 8% for the third quarter of 2012 and 7% for the first nine months of 2012;
partially offset by:
an unfavorable shift in geographic and business mix due to products that lost exclusivity in various markets.
 
Selling, Informational and Administrative (SI&A) Expenses

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Selling, informational and administrative expenses
 
$
3,847

 
$
4,457

 
(14
)
 
$
11,801

 
$
13,635

 
(13
)

SI&A expenses decreased 14% in the third quarter of 2012 and 13% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to:
savings generated from a reduction in the field force and a decrease in promotional spending, both partly in response to product losses of exclusivity;
more streamlined corporate support functions;
a decline in revenues related to products that lost exclusivity in various markets; and
the favorable impact of foreign exchange of 4% for the third quarter of 2012 and 2% for the first nine months of 2012;
 

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partially offset by:

costs associated with the potential separation of Animal Health employees, net assets and activities from Pfizer.

Research and Development (R&D) Expenses

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Research and development expenses
 
$
1,981

 
$
2,176

 
(9
)
 
$
5,734

 
$
6,487

 
(12
)

R&D expenses decreased 9% in the third quarter of 2012 and 12% in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to:
savings generated by the discontinuation of certain therapeutic areas and R&D programs in connection with our previously announced cost-reduction and productivity initiatives; and
lower charges related to those initiatives;
partially offset by:
a $250 million payment to AstraZeneca to obtain the exclusive global over-the-counter rights to Nexium.

Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Costs associated with acquisitions and cost-reduction/productivity initiatives
 
$
494

 
$
1,365

 
(64
)
 
$
1,802

 
$
3,355

 
(46
)

We incur significant costs in connection with acquiring, integrating and restructuring businesses and in connection with our global cost-reduction and productivity initiatives. For example:
In connection with our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives, significant programs of which began in 2005, we typically incur costs and charges associated with site closings and other facility rationalization actions, workforce reductions and the expansion of shared services, including the development of global systems; and
In connection with acquisition activity, we typically incur costs associated with executing the transactions, integrating the acquired operations (which may include expenditures for consulting and the integration of systems and processes), and restructuring the combined company (which may include charges related to employees, assets and activities that will not continue in the combined company).
 
All of our businesses and functions may be impacted by these actions, including sales and marketing, manufacturing and research and development, as well as groups such as information technology, shared services and corporate operations. Since the acquisition of Wyeth on October 15, 2009, our cost-reduction initiatives announced on January 26, 2009, but not completed as of December 31, 2009, were incorporated into a comprehensive plan to integrate Wyeth’s operations to generate cost savings and to capture synergies across the combined company. In addition, on February 1, 2011, we announced a new research and productivity initiative to accelerate our strategies to improve innovation and productivity in R&D by prioritizing areas with the greatest scientific and commercial promise, utilizing appropriate risk/return profiles and focusing on areas with the highest potential to deliver value in the near term and over time.


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Cost-Reduction Goals

With respect to the January 26, 2009 announcements, and our acquisition of Wyeth on October 15, 2009, in the aggregate, we achieved our cost-reduction goal by the end of 2011, a year earlier than expected, and are continuing to generate cost reductions.

With respect to the R&D productivity initiative announced on February 1, 2011, we set a goal to achieve significant reductions in our annual research and development expenses by the end of 2012. Adjusted R&D expenses were $8.4 billion in 2011, and were $1.9 billion in the third quarter of 2012 and $5.3 billion in the first nine months of 2012. We expect adjusted R&D expenses to be approximately $7.0 billion to $7.25 billion in 2012, which includes the $250 million payment to AstraZeneca to obtain the exclusive global over-the-counter rights to Nexium. (For an understanding of adjusted research and development expenses, see the “Adjusted Income” section of this MD&A.) We are on track to meet this 2012 goal.

In addition to these major initiatives, we continuously monitor our organizations for cost reduction and/or productivity opportunities.

Expected Total Costs

We have incurred and will continue to incur costs in connection with these announced actions. We estimate that the total costs of both of the aforementioned initiatives could range up to $15.0 billion through 2012, of which we have incurred approximately $14.2 billion in cost-reduction and acquisition-related costs (excluding transaction costs) through September 30, 2012.

Key Activities

The targeted cost reductions have been and are being achieved through the following actions:
The closing of duplicative facilities and other site rationalization actions Company-wide, including research and development facilities, manufacturing plants, sales offices and other corporate facilities. Among the more significant actions are the following:
Manufacturing: After the acquisition of Wyeth, our manufacturing sites totaled 75. Other acquisitions have added 21 manufacturing sites and we have subsequently exited 10 sites, resulting in 86 sites supporting continuing operations as of September 30, 2012. Our plant network strategy will result in the exit of a further 9 sites over the next several years. These site counts exclude our 5 Nutrition business-related manufacturing sites as the Nutrition business is treated as a discontinued operation. See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures for more information.
Research and Development: After the acquisition of Wyeth, we operated in 20 R&D sites and announced that we would close a number of sites. We have completed a number of site closures, including our Sandwich, U.K. research and development facility, except for a small presence. In addition, in 2011, we rationalized several other sites to reduce and optimize the overall R&D footprint. We disposed of our toxicology site in Catania, Italy; exited our R&D sites in Aberdeen and Gosport, U.K.; and disposed of a vacant site in St. Louis, MO. We are presently marketing for sale, lease or sale/lease-back, either a portion of or all of certain of our R&D campuses. Locations with R&D operations are in the U.S., Europe, Canada and China, with five major research sites in addition to a number of specialized units. We also re-prioritized our commitments to disease areas and have discontinued certain therapeutic areas and R&D programs.
Workforce reductions across all areas of our business and other organizational changes, primarily in the U.S. field force, manufacturing, R&D and corporate functions. We identified areas for a reduction in workforce across all of our businesses. In January 2009, when Pfizer and Wyeth entered into the merger agreement, the workforce of the two companies totaled approximately 130,000. We have exceeded our original target to reduce the combined Pfizer/Wyeth workforce 15%, or 19,500, within three years. By the end of 2011, we achieved a reduction of 26,300, and by the end of the third quarter of 2012, we achieved a reduction of 31,200. In 2012, though September 30, the workforce declined by 4,900, from 103,700 to 98,800, primarily in the U.S. field force, manufacturing, R&D and corporate operations. The aforementioned workforce reductions include the impact of acquisitions and divestitures subsequent to the Wyeth acquisition.
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Procurement savings.
 
The following table provides the components of costs associated with acquisitions and cost-reduction/productivity initiatives:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Transaction costs(a)
 
$

 
$
5

 
$
1

 
$
28

Integration costs(b)
 
87

 
184

 
295

 
562

Restructuring charges(c):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Employee termination costs
 
113

 
762

 
424

 
1,615

Asset impairments
 
35

 
99

 
282

 
157

Exit costs
 
67

 
40

 
87

 
96

Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs
 
302

 
1,090

 
1,089

 
2,458

Additional depreciation––asset restructuring recorded in our
condensed consolidated statements of income as follows(d):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of sales
 
78

 
68

 
214

 
410

Selling, informational and administrative expenses
 
3

 
39

 
8

 
68

Research and development expenses
 

 
146

 
259

 
379

Total additional depreciation––asset restructuring
 
81

 
253

 
481

 
857

Implementation costs recorded in our condensed consolidated statements of income as follows(e):
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of sales
 
19

 

 
23

 

Selling, informational and administrative expenses
 
45

 
12

 
77

 
12

Research and development expenses
 
47

 
10

 
132

 
28

Total implementation costs
 
111

 
22

 
232

 
40

Total costs associated with acquisitions and cost-
reduction/productivity initiatives
 
$
494

 
$
1,365

 
$
1,802

 
$
3,355

(a) 
Transaction costs represent external costs directly related to acquired businesses and primarily include expenditures for banking, legal, accounting and other similar services.
(b) 
Integration costs represent external, incremental costs directly related to integrating acquired businesses, and primarily include expenditures for consulting and the integration of systems and processes.
(c) 
From the beginning of our cost-reduction and transformation initiatives in 2005 through September 30, 2012, Employee termination costs represent the expected reduction of the workforce by approximately 59,700 employees, mainly in manufacturing and sales and research, of which approximately 49,300 employees have been terminated as of September 30, 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the amount of employee termination costs represents additional accruals with respect to reserves for approximately 2,300 employees.
The restructuring charges in 2012 are associated with the following:
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, Primary Care operating segment ($83 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($60 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($16 million), other operating segments ($8 million), research and development operations ($39 million income), manufacturing operations ($27 million) and Corporate ($60 million).
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Primary Care operating segment ($51 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($79 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($20 million), other operating segments ($26 million), research and development operations ($14 million income), manufacturing operations ($193 million) and Corporate ($438 million).
The restructuring charges in 2011 are associated with the following:
For the three months ended October 2, 2011, Primary Care operating segment ($473 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($186 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($64 million), other operating segments ($30 million), research and development operations ($46 million income), manufacturing operations ($41 million) and Corporate ($153 million).
For the nine months ended October 2, 2011, Primary Care operating segment ($606 million), Specialty Care and Oncology operating segment ($228 million), Established Products and Emerging Markets operating segment ($80 million), other operating

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segments ($44 million), research and development operations ($426 million), manufacturing operations ($196 million) and Corporate ($288 million).

(d) 
Additional depreciation––asset restructuring represents the impact of changes in the estimated useful lives of assets involved in restructuring actions.
(e) 
Implementation costs represent external, incremental costs directly related to implementing our non-acquisition-related cost-reduction and productivity initiatives.

The following table provides the components of and changes in our restructuring accruals:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
Employee
Termination
Costs

 
Asset
Impairment
Charges

 
Exit Costs

 
Accrual

Balance, December 31, 2011
 
$
2,425

 
$

 
$
92

 
$
2,517

Provision(a)
 
424

 
282

 
87

 
793

Utilization and other(b)
 
(1,270
)
 
(282
)
 
(69
)
 
(1,621
)
Balance, September 30, 2012(c)
 
$
1,579

 
$

 
$
110

 
$
1,689

(a) 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Provision includes additional accruals with respect to reserves for approximately 2,300 employees.
(b) 
Includes adjustments for foreign currency translation.
(c) 
Included in Other current liabilities ($949 million) and Other noncurrent liabilities ($740 million).

Other Deductions––Net

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change
Other deductions—net
 
$
962

 
$
547

 
76
 
$
3,283

 
$
1,802

 
82

Other deductions––net changed unfavorably by $415 million in the third quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, primarily due to:
charges for litigation-related matters that were approximately $594 million higher in the third quarter of 2012 than in the same period in 2011, primarily due to a $491 million charge resulting from an agreement-in-principle with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve an investigation into Wyeth's historical promotional practices in connection with Rapamune;

partially offset by:
certain asset impairment charges that were approximately $96 million lower in the third quarter of 2012 than in the same period in 2011, (see below); and
net interest expense that was approximately $40 million lower in the third quarter of 2012 than in the same period in 2011.

Other deductions––net changed unfavorably by $1.5 billion in the first nine months of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, primarily due to:
charges for litigation-related matters that were $1.4 billion higher in the first nine months of 2012 than in the same period in 2011, primarily due to a $491 million charge resulting from an agreement-in-principle with the DOJ to resolve an investigation into Wyeth's historical promotional practices in connection with Rapamune, a $450 million settlement of a lawsuit by Brigham Young University related to Celebrex and higher charges related to hormone-replacement therapy litigation;
lower royalty-related income of $94 million; and
increase in costs of approximately $90 million in connection with the potential initial public offering of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis Inc. (Zoetis);

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partially offset by:
lower net interest expense of $78 million; and
certain asset impairment charges that were approximately $64 million lower in the first nine months of 2012 than in the same period in 2011, (see below).

Certain Asset Impairment Charges

When necessary, we record charges for impairments of long-lived assets in the amount by which the fair value is less than the carrying value of the assets. For additional information, see the “Significant Accounting Policies and Application of Critical Accounting Estimates—Asset Impairment Reviews––Long-Lived Assets” section of our 2011 Financial Report, which is filed as Exhibit 13 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

See also Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 4. Other Deductions––Net.

Provision for Taxes on Income

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Provision/(benefit) for taxes on income
 
$
(119
)
 
$
1,216

 
(110
)
 
$
1,882

 
$
3,167

 
(41
)
Effective tax rate on continuing operations
 
(4.0
)%
 
34.3
%
 
 

 
19.0
%
 
31.2
%
 
 


During the third quarter of 2012, we reached a settlement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to the audits of the Pfizer Inc. tax returns for the years 2006 through 2008. The IRS concluded the examination of the aforementioned tax years and issued a final Revenue Agent's Report (RAR). We agreed with all the adjustments and computations contained in the RAR. As a result of settling these audit years, in the third quarter of 2012 we recorded a tax benefit of approximately $1.1 billion representing tax and interest.

Our effective tax rate on continuing operations was (4.0)% for the third quarter of 2012, compared to 34.3% for the third quarter of 2011, and was 19.0% for the first nine months of 2012, compared to 31.2% for the first nine months of 2011. The effective tax rates for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 were favorably impacted by the aforementioned settlement with the IRS. The tax rates in both periods in 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 were also favorably impacted by the resolution of foreign audits pertaining to multiple tax years and the change in the jurisdictional mix of earnings as a result of operating fluctuations in the normal course of business, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the non-deductibility of a $491 million charge resulting from an agreement-in-principle with the DOJ to resolve an investigation into Wyeth's historical promotional practices in connection with Rapamune, as well as the expiration of the U.S. research and development tax credit.


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Discontinued Operations

For additional information about our discontinued operations, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 2B. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Divestitures.
 
The following table provides the components of Discontinued operations—net of tax:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Revenues(a)
 
$
564

 
$
699

 
$
1,665

 
$
2,068

Pre-tax income from discontinued operations
 
$
129

 
$
121

 
$
365

 
$
397

Provision for taxes on income(b)
 
25

 
25

 
116

 
94

Income from discontinued operations––net of tax
 
104

 
96

 
249

 
303

Pre-tax gain on sale of discontinued operations
 

 
1,695

 

 
1,683

Provision for taxes on income(c)
 

 
367

 

 
367

Gain on sale of discontinued operations––net of tax
 

 
1,328

 

 
1,316

Discontinued operations––net of tax(a)
 
$
104

 
$
1,424

 
$
249

 
$
1,619

(a) 
Includes the Nutrition business for all periods presented and the Capsugel business for 2011 only.
(b) 
Includes deferred tax expense of $9 million and a deferred tax benefit of $10 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, respectively, and a deferred tax expense of $23 million and a deferred tax benefit of $17 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, respectively. These deferred tax provisions include deferred taxes related to investments in certain foreign subsidiaries resulting from our intention not to hold these subsidiaries permanently.
(c) 
Includes deferred tax expense of $162 million for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011. These deferred tax provisions include deferred taxes on certain current-year funds earned outside the U.S. that will not be permanently reinvested overseas.

Adjusted Income

General Description of Adjusted Income Measure

Adjusted income is an alternative view of performance used by management, and we believe that investors’ understanding of our performance is enhanced by disclosing this performance measure. We report Adjusted income in order to portray the results of our major operations––the discovery, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of prescription medicines for humans and animals, consumer healthcare (over-the-counter) products and vaccines––prior to considering certain income statement elements. We have defined Adjusted income as Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. before the impact of purchase accounting for acquisitions, acquisition-related costs, discontinued operations and certain significant items. The Adjusted income measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for U.S. GAAP net income.

The Adjusted income measure is an important internal measurement for Pfizer. We measure the performance of the overall Company on this basis in conjunction with other performance metrics. The following are examples of how the Adjusted income measure is utilized:
senior management receives a monthly analysis of our operating results that is prepared on an Adjusted income basis;
our annual budgets are prepared on an Adjusted income basis; and
senior management’s annual compensation is derived, in part, using this Adjusted income measure. Adjusted income is one of the performance metrics utilized in the determination of bonuses under the Pfizer Inc. Executive Annual Incentive Plan that is designed to limit the bonuses payable to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) for purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). Subject to the Section 162(m) limitation, the bonuses are funded from a pool based on the achievement of three financial metrics, including Adjusted diluted earnings per share, which is derived from Adjusted income. Since 2011, this metric accounts for 40% of the bonus pool made available to ELT members and other members of senior management and will constitute a factor in determining each of these individual’s bonus.

Despite the importance of this measure to management in goal setting and performance measurement, we stress that Adjusted income is a non-GAAP financial measure that has no standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and, therefore, has limits in its usefulness to investors. Because of its non-standardized definition, Adjusted income (unlike U.S. GAAP net income) may

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not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures of other companies. Adjusted income is presented solely to permit investors to more fully understand how management assesses performance.

We also recognize that, as an internal measure of performance, the Adjusted income measure has limitations, and we do not restrict our performance-management process solely to this metric. A limitation of the Adjusted income measure is that it provides a view of our operations without including all events during a period, such as the effects of an acquisition or amortization of purchased intangibles, and does not provide a comparable view of our performance to other companies in the biopharmaceutical industry. We also use other specifically tailored tools designed to achieve the highest levels of performance. For example, our R&D organization has productivity targets, upon which its effectiveness is measured. In addition, the earn-out of Performance Share Award grants is determined based on a formula that measures our performance using relative total shareholder return.
 
Purchase Accounting Adjustments

Adjusted income is calculated prior to considering certain significant purchase accounting impacts resulting from business combinations and net asset acquisitions. These impacts, primarily associated with Pharmacia (acquired in 2003), Wyeth (acquired in 2009) and King (acquired in 2011), can include the incremental charge to cost of sales from the sale of acquired inventory that was written up to fair value, amortization related to the increase in fair value of the acquired finite-lived intangible assets, depreciation related to the increase/decrease in fair value of the acquired fixed assets, amortization related to the increase in fair value of acquired debt, and the fair value changes associated with contingent consideration. Therefore, the Adjusted income measure includes the revenues earned upon the sale of the acquired products without considering the acquisition cost of those products.

Certain of the purchase accounting adjustments can occur through 20 or more years, but this presentation provides an alternative view of our performance that is used by management to internally assess business performance. We believe the elimination of amortization attributable to acquired intangible assets provides management and investors an alternative view of our business results by trying to provide a degree of parity to internally developed intangible assets for which research and development costs previously have been expensed.

However, a completely accurate comparison of internally developed intangible assets and acquired intangible assets cannot be achieved through Adjusted income. This component of Adjusted income is derived solely from the impacts of the items listed in the first paragraph of this section. We have not factored in the impacts of any other differences in experience that might have occurred if we had discovered and developed those intangible assets on our own, and this approach does not intend to be representative of the results that would have occurred in those circumstances. For example, our research and development costs in total, and in the periods presented, may have been different; our speed to commercialization and resulting sales, if any, may have been different; or our costs to manufacture may have been different. In addition, our marketing efforts may have been received differently by our customers. As such, in total, there can be no assurance that our Adjusted income amounts would have been the same as presented had we discovered and developed the acquired intangible assets.

Acquisition-Related Costs

Adjusted income is calculated prior to considering transaction, integration, restructuring and additional depreciation costs associated with business combinations because these costs are unique to each transaction and represent costs that were incurred to restructure and integrate two businesses as a result of the acquisition decision. For additional clarity, only transaction costs, additional depreciation and restructuring and integration activities that are associated with a business combination or a net-asset acquisition are included in acquisition-related costs. We have made no adjustments for the resulting synergies.

We believe that viewing income prior to considering these charges provides investors with a useful additional perspective because the significant costs incurred in connection with a business combination result primarily from the need to eliminate duplicate assets, activities or employees––a natural result of acquiring a fully integrated set of activities. For this reason, we believe that the costs incurred to convert disparate systems, to close duplicative facilities or to eliminate duplicate positions (for example, in the context of a business combination) can be viewed differently from those costs incurred in other, more normal, business contexts.

The integration and restructuring costs associated with a business combination may occur over several years, with the more significant impacts ending within three years of the transaction. Because of the need for certain external approvals for some actions, the span of time needed to achieve certain restructuring and integration activities can be lengthy. For example, due to the highly regulated nature of the pharmaceutical business, the closure of excess facilities can take several years, as all

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manufacturing changes are subject to extensive validation and testing and must be approved by the FDA and/or other global regulatory authorities.

Discontinued Operations

Adjusted income is calculated prior to considering the results of operations included in discontinued operations, as well as any related gains or losses on the sale of such operations such as the sale of our Capsugel business, which we sold in August 2011, and the pending sale of our Nutrition business. We believe that this presentation is meaningful to investors because, while we review our businesses and product lines for strategic fit with our operations, we do not build or run our businesses with the intent to sell them. (Restatements due to discontinued operations do not impact compensation or change the Adjusted income measure for the compensation of the restated periods but are presented here on a restated basis for consistency across all periods.)

Certain Significant Items

Adjusted income is calculated prior to considering certain significant items. Certain significant items represent substantive, unusual items that are evaluated on an individual basis. Such evaluation considers both the quantitative and the qualitative aspect of their unusual nature. Unusual, in this context, may represent items that are not part of our ongoing business; items that, either as a result of their nature or size, we would not expect to occur as part of our normal business on a regular basis; items that would be non-recurring; or items that relate to products we no longer sell. While not all-inclusive, examples of items that could be included as certain significant items would be a major non-acquisition-related restructuring charge and associated implementation costs for a program that is specific in nature with a defined term, such as those related to our non-acquisition-related cost-reduction and productivity initiatives; charges related to certain sales or disposals of products or facilities that do not qualify as discontinued operations as defined by U.S. GAAP; amounts associated with transition service agreements in support of discontinued operations after sale; certain intangible asset impairments; adjustments related to the resolution of certain tax positions; the impact of adopting certain significant, event-driven tax legislation; or charges related to certain legal matters, such as certain of those discussed in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Normal, ongoing defense costs of the Company or settlements of and accruals on legal matters made in the normal course of our business would not be considered certain significant items.

Reconciliation

The following table provides a reconciliation of Net income attributable to Pfizer Inc., as reported under U.S. GAAP, and Non-GAAP Adjusted income:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

GAAP Reported net income attributable to Pfizer Inc.
 
$
3,208

 
$
3,738

 
(14
)
 
$
8,255

 
$
8,570

 
(4
)
Purchase accounting adjustments––net of tax
 
813

 
1,252

 
(35
)
 
2,725

 
3,852

 
(29
)
Acquisition-related costs––net of tax
 
190

 
240

 
(21
)
 
489

 
1,136

 
(57
)
Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
(104
)
 
(1,424
)
 
(93
)
 
(249
)
 
(1,619
)
 
(85
)
Certain significant items––net of tax
 
(158
)
 
890

 
(118
)
 
1,744

 
2,116

 
(18
)
Non-GAAP Adjusted income(a)
 
$
3,949

 
$
4,696

 
(16
)
 
$
12,964

 
$
14,055

 
(8
)
(a) 
The effective tax rate on Non-GAAP Adjusted income was 28.3% in the third quarter of 2012, compared with 31.2% in the third quarter of 2011. For the first nine months of 2012, the effective tax rate on Non-GAAP Adjusted income was 28.8%, compared with 29.5% in the same period last year. The tax rates in both periods in 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 were favorably impacted by the resolution of various foreign audits pertaining to multiple tax years, as well as the change in the jurisdictional mix of earnings as a result of operating fluctuations in the normal course of business, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the expiration of the U.S. research and development tax credit.

Certain amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments.

The following table provides the a reconciliation of Reported diluted EPS, as reported under U.S. GAAP, and Non-GAAP Adjusted diluted EPS:

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Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Earnings per common share––diluted(a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP Reported income from continuing operations attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
0.41

 
$
0.30

 
37

 
$
1.06

 
$
0.88

 
20

Income from discontinued operations––net of tax
 
0.01

 
0.18

 
(94
)
 
0.03

 
0.20

 
(85
)
GAAP Reported net income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
0.43

 
0.48

 
(10
)
 
1.09

 
1.08

 
1

Purchase accounting adjustments––net of tax
 
0.11

 
0.16

 
(31
)
 
0.36

 
0.49

 
(27
)
Acquisition-related costs––net of tax
 
0.03

 
0.03

 

 
0.06

 
0.14

 
(57
)
Discontinued operations––net of tax
 
(0.01
)
 
(0.18
)
 
(94
)
 
(0.03
)
 
(0.20
)
 
(85
)
Certain significant items––net of tax
 
(0.02
)
 
0.11

 
(118
)
 
0.23

 
0.27

 
(15
)
Non-GAAP Adjusted income attributable to Pfizer Inc. common shareholders
 
$
0.53

 
$
0.60

 
(12
)
 
$
1.72

 
$
1.77

 
(3
)
(a) 
EPS amounts may not add due to rounding.

Certain amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments.






























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The following table provides the items excluded from our Non-GAAP Adjusted income measure:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

Purchase accounting adjustments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization, depreciation and other(a)
 
$
1,142

 
$
1,411

 
$
3,741

 
$
4,116

Cost of sales, primarily related to fair value adjustments of acquired inventory
 
(2
)
 
286

 
9

 
1,081

Total purchase accounting adjustments––pre-tax
 
1,140

 
1,697

 
3,750

 
5,197

Income taxes(d)
 
(327
)
 
(445
)
 
(1,025
)
 
(1,345
)
Total purchase accounting adjustments––net of tax
 
813

 
1,252

 
2,725

 
3,852

 
Acquisition-related costs
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Transaction costs(b)
 

 
5

 
1

 
28

Integration costs(b)
 
87

 
184

 
295

 
562

Restructuring charges(b)
 
62

 
13

 
127

 
406

Additional depreciation––asset restructuring(c)
 
81

 
92

 
227

 
460

Total acquisition-related costs––pre-tax
 
230

 
294

 
650

 
1,456

Income taxes(d)
 
(40
)
 
(54
)
 
(161
)
 
(320
)
Total acquisition-related costs––net of tax
 
190

 
240

 
489

 
1,136

 
Discontinued operations
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Total discontinued operations––net of tax
 
(104
)
 
(1,424
)
 
(249
)
 
(1,619
)
 
Certain significant items
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Restructuring charges(e)
 
153

 
888

 
666

 
1,462

Implementation costs and additional depreciation––asset restructuring(f)
 
111

 
183

 
486

 
437

Certain legal matters(g)
 
725

 
132

 
1,983

 
657

Certain asset impairment charges(h)
 
54

 
106

 
543

 
595

Costs associated with the potential separation of the Animal Health business(i)
 
100

 
8

 
191

 
8

Other
 
15

 
(8
)
 
52

 
16

Total certain significant items––pre-tax
 
1,158

 
1,309

 
3,921

 
3,175

Income taxes(d)
 
(1,316
)
 
(419
)
 
(2,177
)
 
(1,059
)
Total certain significant items––net of tax
 
(158
)
 
890

 
1,744

 
2,116

Total purchase accounting adjustments, acquisition-related costs, discontinued operations and certain significant items––net of tax
 
$
741

 
$
958

 
$
4,709

 
$
5,485

(a) 
Included primarily in Amortization of intangible assets.
(b) 
Included in Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives).
(c) 
Represents the impact of changes in estimated useful lives of assets involved in restructuring actions related to acquisitions. For the third quarter of 2012, included in Cost of sales ($78 million), and Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($3 million). For the third quarter of 2011, included in Cost of sales ($68 million), Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($18 million) and Research and development expenses ($6 million).

For the first nine months of 2012, included in Cost of sales ($214 million), Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($8 million) and in Research and development expenses ($5 million). For the first nine months of 2011, included in Cost of sales ($410 million), Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($41 million), and Research and development expenses ($9 million).
(d) 
Income taxes includes the tax effect of the associated pre-tax amounts, calculated by determining the jurisdictional location of the pre-tax amounts and applying that jurisdiction’s applicable tax rate. In addition, income taxes for Certain significant items in the third quarter and nine months of 2012 includes a $1.1 billion tax benefit, representing tax and interest, as a result of a settlement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service related to audits for tax years 2006 through 2008. See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 5A. Tax Matters: Taxes on Income from Continuing Operations.

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(e) 
Represents restructuring charges incurred for our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives. Included in Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives).
(f) 
Amounts primarily relate to our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 3. Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives).

For the third quarter of 2012, included in Cost of sales ($19 million), Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($45 million) and Research and development expenses ($47 million). For the third quarter of 2011, included in Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($33 million) and Research and development expenses ($150 million).

For the first nine months of 2012, included in Cost of sales ($23 million), Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($77 million) and Research and development expenses ($386 million). For the first nine months of 2011, included in Selling, informational and administrative expenses ($39 million) and Research and development expenses ($398 million).
(g) 
Included in Other deductionsnet (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 4. Other DeductionsNet). In the third quarter of 2012, primarily includes a $491 million charge, not deductible for income tax purposes, resulting from an agreement-in-principle with the DOJ to resolve an investigation into Wyeth’s historical promotional practices in connection with Rapamune. In the first nine months of 2012, primarily includes the aforementioned $491 million charge related to Rapamune, a $450 million settlement of a lawsuit by Brigham Young University related to Celebrex, and charges related to hormone-replacement therapy litigation. In 2011, primarily includes charges related to hormone-replacement therapy litigation.
(h) 
Primarily included in Other deductionsnet (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 4. Other DeductionsNet).
(i) 
Costs incurred in connection with the potential initial public offering of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, Zoetis Inc. (Zoetis). Includes expenditures for banking, legal, accounting and similar services related to the potential transaction.

ANALYSIS OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Changes in the components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 reflect the following:

For Foreign currency translation adjustments, for the third quarter of 2012, reflects the strengthening of several foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, primarily the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, the Mexican peso and the Japanese yen, offset by the weakening of the euro against the U.S. dollar; for the first nine months of 2012, reflects the weakening of several foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, primarily the euro, the Japanese yen, the Australian dollar and the Brazilian real.
For Unrealized holding gains/(losses) on derivative financial instruments, reflects the impact of fair value adjustments. See also Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsNote 7. Financial Instruments.
For Benefit plans: actuarial gains/(losses), reflects the impact of remeasurements on the U.S., Puerto Rico and U.K. plans. See also Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsNote 10. Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans.

ANALYSIS OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Many changes in our asset and liability accounts as of September 30, 2012, compared to December 31, 2011, reflect, among other things, increases associated with our acquisitions of Alacer Corp. and Ferrosan Holding A/S (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions).

For information about certain of our financial assets and liabilities, including cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term investments, short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt, and long-term debt, see “Analysis of Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

For Accounts receivable, net, see “Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources: Accounts Receivable” below.
 
For Inventories, also reflects, in part, a build-up in anticipation of plant rationalizations.
 
For Identifiable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization, also reflects the impact of impairments of certain assets (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 4. Other Deductions—Net).

For Accounts payable, Accrued compensation and related items, Other current liabilities and Other noncurrent liabilities, also reflects lower spending as a result of our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives and the impact of lower revenues on expense levels. Other noncurrent liabilities also reflects the impact of fair value adjustments on derivative financial instruments.

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For Pension benefit obligations and Postretirement benefit obligations, also reflects the impact of $718 million of company contributions and the impact of a decision to freeze the U.S. defined benefit plans as of January 1, 2018 (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 10. Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans).

For Other taxes payable, also reflects the impact of a number of audit settlements (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 5A. Tax Matters: Taxes on Income from Continuing Operations).

ANALYSIS OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2012

 
October 2,
2011

 
%
 Change

Cash provided by/(used in):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating activities
 
$
11,798

 
$
14,979

 
(21
)
Investing activities
 
(683
)
 
1,301

 
(152
)
Financing activities
 
(9,766
)
 
(14,357
)
 
(32
)
Effect of exchange-rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 
(25
)
 
48

 
(152
)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,324

 
$
1,971

 
(33
)

Operating Activities

Our net cash provided by operating activities was $11.8 billion in the first nine months of 2012, compared to $15.0 billion in the same period of 2011. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to:
the loss of exclusivity of Lipitor, as well as certain other products, resulting in lower revenues and associated expenses (see also the “Industry-Specific Challenges” section of this MD&A), partially offset by spending reductions resulting from our company-wide cost-reduction initiatives;
payments made in connection with certain legal matters;
an increase in inventory, partly due to the build-up of inventory in anticipation of plant rationalizations;
an increase in payments for taxes; and
the timing of receipts and payments in the ordinary course of business.

For additional information about the impact during the first nine months of 2012 of the loss of exclusivity of Lipitor in all major markets, including in the United States and the majority of developed European markets, see also the “Industry-Specific Challenges” section of this MD&A.
 
In the first nine months of 2012, the line item called Other changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures, reflects changes in the ordinary course of business for accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, accrued compensation and other current and non-current liabilities, as well as the adjustment necessary to reflect the non-cash nature of the income tax settlements (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 5A. Tax Matters: Taxes on Income from Continuing Operations) For additional information about accounts receivable, see also “Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources: Accounts Receivable” below.

Investing Activities

Our net cash used in investing activities was $683 million in the first nine months of 2012, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $1.3 billion in the same period in 2011. The decrease in net cash provided by investing activities was primarily attributable to:
net proceeds from redemption and sales of investments of $936 million in the first nine months of 2012, which were primarily used to finance our acquisitions, compared to net proceeds from redemptions and sales of investments of $2.8 billion in the first nine months of 2011, which were primarily used to finance our acquisition of King; and

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net proceeds from the sale of our Capsugel business of $2.4 billion in the first nine months of 2011;

partially offset by:
cash paid of $782 million, net of cash acquired, for our acquisitions of Alacer Corp. and Ferrosan in the first nine months of 2012 (see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions), compared to $3.2 billion cash paid, net of cash acquired, for the acquisition of King in the first nine months of 2011; and
lower purchases of property, plant and equipment.

Financing Activities

Our net cash used in financing activities was $9.8 billion in the first nine months of 2012, compared to $14.4 billion in the same period in 2011. The decrease in net cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to:
net repayments of borrowings of $372 million in the first nine months of 2012, compared to net repayments of borrowings of $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2011; and
lower purchases of common stock;

slightly offset by:
higher cash dividends paid.

ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
We rely largely on operating cash flows, short-term investments, short-term commercial paper borrowings and long-term debt to provide for our liquidity requirements. We believe that we have the ability to obtain both short-term and long-term debt to meet our financing needs for the foreseeable future. Due to our significant operating cash flows as well as our financial assets, access to capital markets and available lines of credit and revolving credit agreements, we further believe that we have the ability to meet our liquidity needs for the foreseeable future, which include:
the working capital requirements of our operations, including our research and development activities;
investments in our business;
dividend payments and potential increases in the dividend rate;
share repurchases;
the cash requirements associated with our cost-reduction/productivity initiatives;
paying down outstanding debt;
contributions to our pension and postretirement plans; and
business-development activities.

With regard to share repurchases, the Company's new $10 billion share repurchase plan is contingent on the consummation of the sale of the Nutrition business to Nestlé. (For additional information about the new share repurchase plan, see the “Share Repurchase Plans” section of this MD&A.)

Our long-term debt is rated high quality by both Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service. See the “Credit Ratings” section below. As market conditions change, we continue to monitor our liquidity position. We have taken and will continue to take a conservative approach to our financial investments. Both short-term and long-term investments consist primarily of high-quality, highly liquid, well-diversified, available-for-sale debt securities.


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Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
The following table provides certain relevant measures of our liquidity and capital resources:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, EXCEPT RATIOS AND PER COMMON SHARE DATA)
 
September 30,
2012

 
December 31,
2011

Selected financial assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents(a)
 
$
4,506

 
$
3,182

Short-term investments(a)
 
18,462

 
23,270

Long-term investments
 
13,429

 
9,814

 
 
36,397

 
36,266

Debt:
 
 

 
 

Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt
 
7,774

 
4,016

Long-term debt
 
31,083

 
34,926

 
 
38,857

 
38,942

Net financial liabilities(b)
 
$
(2,460
)
 
$
(2,676
)
 
 
 
 
 
Working capital(c)
 
$
27,996

 
$
31,908

Ratio of current assets to current liabilities
 
1.96:1

 
2.10:1

Shareholders’ equity per common share(d)
 
$
11.04

 
$
10.85

(a) 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 7. Financial Instruments for a description of assets held and for a description of credit risk related to our financial instruments held.
(b) 
Net financial liabilities decreased during the first nine months of 2012 as operating cash flow generation was partially offset by share repurchases, dividends, capital expenditures, and business development activities. For additional information, see the “Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows section of this MD&A.
(c) 
Working capital includes net assets held for sale of $3.9 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $4.1 billion as of December 31, 2011.
(d) 
Represents total Pfizer Inc. shareholders’ equity divided by the actual number of common shares outstanding (which excludes treasury shares and shares held by our employee benefit trust).

We funded our acquisition of Ferrosan’s consumer healthcare business, which closed on December 1, 2011 (which fell in the first fiscal quarter of 2012 for our international operations), and our acquisition of Alacer, which closed on February 26, 2012, with available cash and the proceeds from short-term investments. For additional information on our acquisitions of Ferrosan and Alacer, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 2A. Acquisitions and Divestitures: Acquisitions.

For additional information about the sources and uses of our funds, see the “Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Analysis of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows sections of this MD&A.

Domestic and International Short-Term Funds
 
Many of our operations are conducted outside the U.S., and significant portions of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments are held internationally. We generally hold approximately 10%-30% of these short-term funds in U.S. tax jurisdictions. The amount of funds held in U.S. tax jurisdictions can fluctuate due to the timing of receipts and payments in the ordinary course of business and due to other reasons, such as business-development activities. As part of our ongoing liquidity assessments, we regularly monitor the mix of domestic and international cash flows (both inflows and outflows). Repatriation of overseas funds can result in additional U.S. federal, state and local income tax payments. We record U.S. deferred tax liabilities for certain unremitted earnings, but when amounts earned overseas are expected to be permanently reinvested outside of the U.S., no accrual for U.S. taxes is provided.

Assuming the receipt of the required regulatory clearances, the satisfaction of other closing conditions and the completion of the sale of our Nutrition business to Nestlé, a substantial portion of the sale proceeds will be located outside the U.S. We are evaluating and will continue to evaluate potential domestic and international uses of those proceeds, including but not limited to the potential use for share repurchases, in the context of our overall capital requirements and capital-allocation strategies. (For additional information regarding our agreement to sell the Nutrition business to Nestlé, see the "Our Business Development Initiatives" section of this MD&A.)


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Accounts Receivable

We continue to monitor developments regarding government and government agency receivables in several European markets where economic conditions remain challenging and uncertain. Historically, payments from a number of these European governments and government agencies extend beyond the contractual terms of sale and the year-over-year trend is worsening.

We believe that our allowance for doubtful accounts is appropriate. Our assessment is based on an analysis of the following: (i) payments received to date; (ii) the consistency of payments from customers; (iii) direct and observed interactions with the governments (including court petitions) and with market participants (for example, the factoring industry); and (iv) various third-party assessments of repayment risk (for example, rating agency publications and the movement of rates for credit default swap instruments).

As of September 30, 2012, we had about $1.3 billion in aggregate gross accounts receivable from governments and/or government agencies in Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland, where economic conditions remain challenging and uncertain. Such receivables in excess of one year from the invoice date, totaling $315 million, were as follows: $173 million in Italy; $94 million in Greece; $30 million in Portugal; $13 million in Spain; and $5 million in Ireland.

Although certain European governments and government agencies sometimes delay payments beyond the contractual terms of sale, we seek to appropriately balance repayment risk with the desire to maintain good relationships with our customers and to ensure a humanitarian approach to local patient needs.

We will continue to closely monitor repayment risk and, when necessary, we will continue to adjust our allowance for doubtful accounts.

Our assessments about the recoverability of accounts receivables can result from a complex series of judgments about future events and uncertainties and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions. For information about the risks associated with estimates and assumptions, see Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 1C. Significant Accounting Policies: Estimates and Assumptions included in our 2011 Financial Report, which is filed as Exhibit 13 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Credit Ratings

Two major corporate debt-rating organizations, Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P), assign ratings to our short-term and long-term debt. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and the rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.
 
The following table provides the current ratings assigned by these rating agencies to our commercial paper and senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term debt:
NAME OF RATING AGENCY
Commercial Paper
Long-term Debt
Date of Last Action
Rating
Outlook
Moody’s
P-1
A1
Stable
October 2009
S&P
A1+
AA
Stable
October 2009

Debt Capacity

We have available lines of credit and revolving credit agreements with a group of banks and other financial intermediaries. We maintain cash and cash equivalent balances and short-term investments in excess of our commercial paper and other short-term borrowings. As of September 30, 2012, we had access to $8.9 billion of lines of credit, of which $1.8 billion expire within one year. Of these lines of credit, $8.2 billion are unused, of which our lenders have committed to loan us $7.1 billion at our request. Also, $7.0 billion of our unused lines of credit, all of which expire in 2016, may be used to support our commercial paper borrowings.

Global Economic Conditions

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credit agreements, we continue to believe that we have the ability to meet our liquidity needs for the foreseeable future. As markets change, we continue to monitor our liquidity position. There can be no assurance that the challenging economic environment or a further economic downturn would not impact our ability to obtain financing in the future.

Share Repurchase Plans

On December 12, 2011, we announced that the Board of Directors authorized a $10 billion share repurchase plan. In the first nine months of 2012, we purchased approximately 213 million shares of our common stock for approximately $4.8 billion. We purchased approximately 296 million shares of our common stock for approximately $5.8 billion in the first nine months of 2011. After giving effect to share purchases through October 31, 2012, our remaining share repurchase authorization was approximately $4.1 billion.

On November 1, 2012, we announced that the Board of Directors authorized, effective upon the consummation of the sale of the Nutrition business to Nestlé, a new $10 billion share repurchase plan to be utilized over time. At such time as the new plan becomes effective, it will be in addition to the authorization then-remaining, if any, under the current share repurchase plan.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In the ordinary course of business and in connection with the sale of assets and businesses, we often indemnify our counterparties against certain liabilities that may arise in connection with a transaction or that are related to activities prior to a transaction. These indemnifications typically pertain to environmental, tax, employee and/or product-related matters, and patent-infringement claims. If the indemnified party were to make a successful claim pursuant to the terms of the indemnification, we would be required to reimburse the loss. These indemnifications generally are subject to threshold amounts, specified claim periods and other restrictions and limitations. Historically, we have not paid significant amounts under these provisions and, as of September 30, 2012, recorded amounts for the estimated fair value of these indemnifications are not significant.

Certain of our co-promotion or license agreements give our licensors or partners the rights to negotiate for, or in some cases to obtain under certain financial conditions, co-promotion or other rights in specified countries with respect to certain of our products.

Dividends on Common Stock

In October 2012, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.22 per share, payable December 4, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 9, 2012.

NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 1B. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies: Adoption of New Accounting Standards.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards, Not Adopted as of September 30, 2012

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

The SEC encourages companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand a company’s future prospects and make informed investment decisions. This report and other written or oral statements that we make from time to time contain such forward-looking statements that set forth anticipated results based on management’s plans and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “target,” “forecast,” “goal,” “objective,” “aim” and other words and terms of similar meaning or by using future dates in connection with any discussion of future operating and financial performance, business plans and prospects, in-line products and product candidates, strategic review, capital allocation, business-development plans, and share-repurchase and dividend-rate plans. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, business plans and prospects, prospective products or product approvals, future performance or results of current and anticipated products, sales efforts, expenses, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings, share-repurchase and dividend-rate plans, government regulation and financial results, including, in particular, the financial guidance and anticipated costs and cost savings set forth in the “Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives” and “Our Financial Guidance for 2012” sections of this MD&A. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from past results and future plans and projected future results are the following:
the outcome of research and development activities including, without limitation, the ability to meet anticipated clinical trial commencement and completion dates, regulatory submission and approval dates, and launch dates for product candidates;
decisions by regulatory authorities regarding whether and when to approve our drug applications, as well as their decisions regarding labeling, ingredients and other matters that could affect the availability or commercial potential of our products;
the speed with which regulatory authorizations, pricing approvals and product launches may be achieved;
the outcome of post-approval clinical trials, which could result in the loss of marketing approval for a product or changes in the labeling for, and/or increased or new concerns about the safety or efficacy of, a product that could affect its availability or commercial potential;
the success of external business-development activities;
competitive developments, including the impact on our competitive position of new product entrants, in-line branded products, generic products, private label products and product candidates that treat diseases and conditions similar to those treated by our in-line drugs and drug candidates;
the implementation by the FDA of an abbreviated legal pathway to approve biosimilar products, which could subject our biologic products to competition from biosimilar products in the U.S., with attendant competitive pressures, after the expiration of any applicable exclusivity period and patent rights;
the ability to meet generic and branded competition after the loss of patent protection for our products or competitor products;
the ability to successfully market both new and existing products domestically and internationally;
difficulties or delays in manufacturing;
trade buying patterns;
the impact of existing and future legislation and regulatory provisions on product exclusivity;
trends toward managed care and healthcare cost containment;
the impact of the U.S. Budget Control Act of 2011 (the Budget Control Act) and the deficit-reduction actions to be taken pursuant to the Budget Control Act in order to achieve the deficit-reduction targets provided for therein, and the impact of any broader deficit-reduction efforts;
the impact of U.S. healthcare legislation enacted in 2010—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act––and of any modification or repeal of any of the provisions thereof;

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U.S. legislation or regulatory action affecting, among other things, pharmaceutical product pricing, reimbursement or access, including under Medicaid, Medicare and other publicly funded or subsidized health programs; the importation of prescription drugs from outside the U.S. at prices that are regulated by governments of various foreign countries; direct-to-consumer advertising and interactions with healthcare professionals; and the use of comparative effectiveness methodologies that could be implemented in a manner that focuses primarily on the cost differences and minimizes the therapeutic differences among pharmaceutical products and restricts access to innovative medicines;
legislation or regulatory action in markets outside the U.S. affecting pharmaceutical product pricing, reimbursement or access, including, in particular, continued government-mandated price reductions for certain biopharmaceutical products in certain European and emerging market countries;
the exposure of our operations outside the U.S. to possible capital and exchange controls, expropriation and other restrictive government actions, changes in intellectual property legal protections and remedies, as well as political unrest and unstable governments and legal systems;
contingencies related to actual or alleged environmental contamination;
claims and concerns that may arise regarding the safety or efficacy of in-line products and product candidates;
any significant breakdown, infiltration or interruption of our information technology systems and infrastructure;
legal defense costs, insurance expenses, settlement costs, the risk of an adverse decision or settlement and the adequacy of reserves related to product liability, patent protection, government investigations, consumer, commercial, securities, antitrust, environmental and tax issues, ongoing efforts to explore various means for resolving asbestos litigation, and other legal proceedings;
our ability to protect our patents and other intellectual property both domestically and internationally;
interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;
governmental laws and regulations affecting domestic and foreign operations, including, without limitation, tax obligations and changes affecting the tax treatment by the U.S. of income earned outside of the U.S. that may result from pending and possible future proposals;
any significant issues involving our largest wholesaler customers, which account for a substantial portion of our revenues;
the possible impact of the increased presence of counterfeit medicines in the pharmaceutical supply chain on our revenues and on patient confidence in the integrity of our medicines;
any significant issues that may arise related to the outsourcing of certain operational and staff functions to third parties, including with regard to quality, timeliness and compliance with applicable legal requirements and industry standards;
changes in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles;
uncertainties related to general economic, political, business, industry, regulatory and market conditions including, without limitation, uncertainties related to the impact on us, our customers, suppliers and lenders and counterparties to our foreign-exchange and interest-rate agreements of challenging global economic conditions and recent and possible future changes in global financial markets; and the related risk that our allowance for doubtful accounts may not be adequate;
any changes in business, political and economic conditions due to actual or threatened terrorist activity in the U.S. and other parts of the world, and related U.S. military action overseas;
growth in costs and expenses;
changes in our product, segment and geographic mix;
our ability and the ability of Nestlé to satisfy the conditions to closing the sale of our Nutrition business to Nestlé at all or within the anticipated time period; and whether and when the Company's new $10 billion share repurchase program will go into effect, which is contingent upon the closing of the sale of our Nutrition business to Nestlé;

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the possibility that the initial public offering (IPO) of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business, for which a registration statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2012, will not be consummated at all or within the anticipated time period, including as the result of regulatory, market or other factors; and, if the IPO is consummated, the impact of the strategic alternative that we decide to pursue with regard to our remaining ownership stake in the Animal Health business;

our ability and the ability of NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NextWave) to satisfy the conditions to closing our acquisition of NextWave at all or within the anticipated time period; and
the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, product recalls and withdrawals and other unusual items, including (i) our ability to realize the projected benefits of our acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and (ii) our ability to realize the projected benefits of our cost-reduction and productivity initiatives, including those related to our research and development organization.

We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although we believe we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions. Achievement of anticipated results is subject to substantial risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or projected. Investors should bear this in mind as they consider forward-looking statements.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our Form
10-Q, 8-K and 10-K reports and our other filings with the SEC.

Our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K listed various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from past and projected future results. We note these factors for investors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers can find them in Part I, Item 1A, of that filing under the heading “Risk Factors.” We incorporate that section of that Form 10-K in this filing and investors should refer to it. Reference is also made to Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of this Form 10-Q. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.
 
This report includes discussion of certain clinical studies relating to various in-line products and/or product candidates. These studies typically are part of a larger body of clinical data relating to such products or product candidates, and the discussion herein should be considered in the context of the larger body of data. In addition, clinical trial data are subject to differing interpretations, and, even when we view data as sufficient to support the safety and/or effectiveness of a product candidate or a new indication for an in-line product, regulatory authorities may not share our views and may require additional data or may deny approval altogether.

Legal Proceedings and Contingencies
 
Information with respect to legal proceedings and contingencies required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies in Part I, Item 1, of this Form 10-Q.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the discussion under the heading Financial Risk Management in our 2011 Financial Report, which is filed as Exhibit 13 to our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act)). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them in a timely manner to material information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed with the SEC.
 

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During our most recent fiscal quarter, there has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. However, we do wish to highlight some changes which, taken together, are expected to have a favorable impact on our controls over a multi-year period. We continue to pursue a multi-year initiative to outsource some transaction-processing activities within certain accounting processes and are migrating to a consistent enterprise resource planning system across the organization. These are enhancements of ongoing activities to support the growth of our financial shared service capabilities and standardize our financial systems. None of these initiatives is in response to any identified deficiency or weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings
 
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Tax Matters
 
Additional information with respect to tax matters required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 5C. Tax Matters: Tax Contingencies in Part I, Item 1, of this Form 10-Q.
 
We account for income tax contingencies using a benefit recognition model. If our initial assessment fails to result in the recognition of a tax benefit, we regularly monitor our position and subsequently recognize the tax benefit: (i) if there are changes in tax law or analogous case law or there is new information that sufficiently raise the likelihood of prevailing on the technical merits of the position to "more likely than not"; (ii) if the statute of limitations expires; or (iii) if there is a completion of an audit resulting in a favorable settlement of that tax year with the appropriate agency. We regularly re-evaluate our tax positions based on the results of audits of federal, state and foreign income tax filings, statute of limitations expirations, changes in tax law or receipt of new information that would either increase or decrease the technical merits of a position relative to the “more-likely-than-not” standard.
 
Our assessments are based on estimates and assumptions that have been deemed reasonable by management, but our estimates of unrecognized tax benefits and potential tax benefits may not be representative of actual outcomes, and variation from such estimates could materially affect our financial statements in the period of settlement or when the statutes of limitations expire, as we treat these events as discrete items in the period of resolution. Finalizing audits with the relevant taxing authorities can include formal administrative and legal proceedings, and, as a result, it is difficult to estimate the timing and range of possible changes related to our uncertain tax positions, and such changes could be significant.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The “Our Operating Environment” and “Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results” sections of the MD&A and Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors”, of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K are incorporated by reference herein. There have been no material changes from the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors”, of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, except as follows:
On April 23, 2012, we entered into an agreement to sell our Nutrition business to Nestlé. The transaction is subject to our ability and Nestlé’s ability to obtain the regulatory clearances required in certain jurisdictions and to satisfy the other conditions to closing the sale. (For further information, see the “Our Operating Environment––Our Business Development Initiatives” section of the MD&A.)
On August 13, 2012, we filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of up to a 20% ownership stake in our Animal Health business. The transaction is subject to the possibility that the IPO will not be consummated at all or within the anticipated time period, including as the result of regulatory, market or other factors. (For further information, see the “Our Operating Environment––Our Business Development Initiatives” section of the MD&A.)
As discussed above in Part I, Item 4, “Controls and Procedures”, we continue to pursue a multi-year initiative to outsource some transaction-processing activities within certain accounting processes and are migrating to a consistent enterprise resource planning system across the organization. These are enhancements of ongoing activities to support the growth of our financial shared service capabilities and standardize our financial systems. If any difficulties in the migration to or in the operation of the new system were to occur, they could adversely affect our operations, including,

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among other ways, through a failure to meet demand for our products, or adversely affect our ability to meet our financial reporting obligations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

This table provides certain information with respect to our purchases of shares of Pfizer’s common stock during the third fiscal quarter of 2012:

Issuer’s Purchases of Equity Securities(a) 
Period
Total Number of
Shares Purchased(b)

Average Price
Paid per Share(b)

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan(a)

Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan(a), (c)

July 2, 2012, through July 29,
2012
69,525

$
22.50


$
7,035,125,784

July 30, 2012, through August 26, 2012
29,489,991

$
23.95

29,430,755

$
6,330,215,429

August 27, 2012, through September 30, 2012
46,925,003

$
24.13

46,840,276

$
5,199,791,721

Total
76,484,519

$
24.06

76,271,031

 

(a) 
On December 12, 2011, we announced that the Board of Directors had authorized a $10 billion share repurchase plan (the December 2011 Stock Purchase Plan). On November 1, 2012, we announced that the Board of Directors had authorized, effective upon the consummation of the sale of the Nutrition business to Nestlé, a new $10 billion share repurchase plan to be utilized over time (the 2012 Stock Purchase Plan). At such time as the 2012 Stock Purchase Plan becomes effective, it will be in addition to the authorization then-remaining, if any, under the December 2011 Stock Purchase Plan.
(b) 
In addition to amounts purchased under the December 2011 Stock Purchase Plan, these columns reflect the following transactions during the third fiscal quarter of 2012: (i) the surrender to Pfizer of 171,595 shares of common stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units issued to employees; (ii) the open market purchase by the trustee of 33,169 shares of common stock in connection with the reinvestment of dividends paid on common stock held in trust for employees who were granted performance share awards and who deferred receipt of such awards; and (iii) the surrender to Pfizer of 8,724 shares of common stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of performance share awards issued to employees.
(c) 
The amounts in this column do not reflect the 2012 Stock Purchase Plan.


Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
None

 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None















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Item 6. Exhibits

 
1) Exhibit 12
-
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
2) Exhibit 15
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Accountants’ Acknowledgement
 
3) Exhibit 31.1
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Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
4) Exhibit 31.2
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Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
5) Exhibit 32.1
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Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
6) Exhibit 32.2
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Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
7) Exhibit 101:
 
 
 
EX-101.INS
EX-101.SCH
EX-101.CAL
EX-101.LAB
EX-101.PRE
EX-101.DEF
 
XBRL Instance Document
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document


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SIGNATURE

Under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report was signed on behalf of the Registrant by the authorized person named below.

 
 
Pfizer Inc.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated:
November 8, 2012
/s/ Loretta V. Cangialosi
 
 
Loretta V. Cangialosi, Senior Vice President and
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Duly Authorized Officer)

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